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Survey of English Place-Names

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Pyethorne Wood

Other OS name in the Parish of Gawsworth

Historical Forms

  • le Pyethorne c.1503 Orm2
  • Pithorn c.1527 ib

Etymology

, le Pyethorne c.1503 Orm2, Pithorn c.1527 ib , ' magpie thorn ' , v. pīe 2 , þorn .