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.

Pitt's Ctg

Other OS name in the Parish of Melbury Abbas

Historical Forms

  • terr' voc' le Pyttes 1564 Glyn
  • Pitts' Coppice, Pitts' Fd, Pitts' Home Grd, Pitts' Long Grd, Pitts Quarr 1839 TA

Etymology

, terr ' voc ' le Pyttes 1564Glyn , Pitts ' Coppice , Pitts ' Fd , Pitts ' Home Grd , Pitts ' Long Grd , Pitts Quarr 1839TA , v. pytt ' pit ' , quarre ' quarry ' ; a quarry is marked ( 6″ ) just SW of Pitt 's Ctg .