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.

Hr Pressham Wd & Lr Pressham Wd

Other OS name in the Parish of Durweston

Historical Forms

  • Presham Coppes Woode 1590 Hen2

Etymology

, Presham Coppes Woode 1590Hen 2 , on R . Stour , perhaps ' priest's river-meadow ' , from prēost and hamm , with copis .