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.

Pistle Down & Pistle Hill

Other OS name in the Parish of Edmondsham

Etymology

( 1811 OS ) ( 1811 ib ) , at the extreme E corner of the par . , possibly from ModE  (e )pistle with reference to a reading from the scriptures during beating the bounds .