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.

Pitten

Other OS name in the Parish of Yealmpton

Historical Forms

  • Pyttyn 1472 Pat
  • Westpytten 1499 Ipm
  • atte Pitte 1333 SR

Etymology

is Pyttyn 1472 Pat, Westpytten 1499 Ipm and was thehome of Thomas atte Pitte (1333SR ) . ' The hollows , ' the name being the weak plural of pytt .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site

Major Settlement