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Pyewipe Fm

Other OS name in the Parish of Redbourne

Historical Forms

  • Pyewipe Hall 1824 O
  • Peewitt Farm 1839 Red

Etymology

, Pyewipe Hall 1824 O, Peewitt Farm 1839Red ; both pyewipe and peewit are common dial . terms in L for the lapwing , Vanellus vanellus , cf. PN L 1, 34, ib 3, 106 and ib 5, 39, 155 .