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.

Odessa

Other OS name in the Parish of Irby upon Humber

Historical Forms

  • Pyewipe Hall 1828 Bry

Etymology

is Pyewipe Hall 1828 Bry ; pyewipe is a common dial . term in L for the lapwing ; the modern name Odessa is presumably a nickname of remoteness for a place close to the parish boundary with Beelsby .