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Pymparlour Plantation

Other OS name in the Parish of Idridgehay and Alton

Historical Forms

  • Pym 1649 ParlSurv

Etymology

( 6 ″ ) , cf. Pemlees 1482MinAcct , Pymeleys 1554Lanc , Pyme Leyes 1558 ib , v. lǣs . The first element is perhaps a surname though the earliest reference noted in the area is to Thomas Pym 1649ParlSurv .