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.

Pitton

Other OS name in the Parish of Widdecombe in the Moor

Historical Forms

  • la Pitte 1311 Ass
  • la Pytton 1342 Moulton
  • atte Pytten t.Hy6 Ct
  • Pyttinge 1566 DA

Etymology

( 6 ″ ) is la Pitte 1311Ass (p), la Pytton 1342 Moulton,atte Pytten t. Hy 6Ct , Pyttinge 1566 DA 43 . v. Pitten supra 263 .