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.

Pinchley Wood

Other OS name in the Parish of Withington

Historical Forms

  • Pinchley Grove 1830 M

Etymology

, Pinchley Grove 1830 M , probably ' finchclearing ' , from ME  pinche , a variant of pinca , v. lēah .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement