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.

Pry Ho

Other OS name in the Parish of Kirkby Malzeard

Historical Forms

  • Pry 1840 TA

Etymology

, Pry (Dale & Hill ) 1840TA , ' look-out placeor hill ' , from ME  prien ' to spy ' .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site