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.

Pixton

Other OS name in the Parish of Iddesleigh

Historical Forms

  • Pikkestan 1238 Ass

Etymology

is Pikkestan 1238Ass . Professor Ekwall suggests that this may be a compound of Picca , the pers. name found in Pickworth (L) , Pickwell (Lei) and stan .

Places in the same Parish