English Place-name Society

Survey of English Place-Names

A county-by-county guide to the linguistic origins of England’s place-names – a project of the English Place-Name Society, founded 1923.

Petoe

Other OS name in the Parish of Dartington

Historical Forms

  • Paytow 1399 Ct
  • Peyto 1319 Exon

Etymology

( 6 ″ ) is Paytow 1399Ct and is to be associatedwith Thomas de Peyto (1319 Exon) , who presumably came from Poitou (France) .