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.

Pilning

Other OS name in the Parish of Redwick and Northwick

Historical Forms

  • Pyllyn 1529–32 ECP
  • Pilnen 1579 FF 1639 Inq
  • Pylnynge als. Pylyn 1624 FF
  • Pilnend 1654–9 Knole

Etymology

, 1715GR 892 , Pyllyn 1529–32 ECP, Pilnen 1579FF , 1639Inq, Pylnynge als. Pylyn 1624FF , Pilnend 1654–9Knole 37 , v. pyll ' creek ' , ende ; here pyll has a south - western ME  wk. declensional ending in -en , perhaps by analogy from Chittening (supra ) or Rednend ( foll . ) , as also in Walning (122supra ) ; for -ing cf. Phonol.§ 14 .