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.

Puncherdon

Other OS name in the Parish of Winkleigh

Historical Forms

  • Pyncheton 1330 SR
  • Puncheton 1333 SR

Etymology

is Pyncheton 1330SR (p), Puncheton 1333SR (p) . Possibly ' Puneca 's farm , ' v. tun and cf. Pinchaford infra 477 .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement