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.

Little Priors

Other OS name in the Parish of West Bergholt

Historical Forms

  • Prio(u)res, Prio(u)res ground 1531,1543 Ct

Etymology

is Prio (u )res , Prio (u )res ground 1531, 1543Ct , and was probably so called from the Prior of Leighs ( 1248 FF ) .