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district came to be
known as
Perry Barr. "Perry"
comes from the Old
English "
pirige",
meaning "pear tree". The
derivation of "Barr" is Old
Celtic "barro" meaning...
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trees grow,
derived from "Pirlea",
which is from
Anglo Saxon pir, pear or
pirige, pear tree and leá, a
clearing or a place.
Under the
Local Government Act...
- east bank of the river. The name of the
place derives from the Old
English pirige tun,
meaning "pear orchard". It was
mentioned in the
Domesday Book. Purton...
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where there is
currently a 'b'). It came from Anglo-Saxon (Old English)
Pirige-fyrhþ = "sp****
woodland where peartrees grow". The
manor of
Pirbright does...
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through the village. The name of the
place derives from the Old
English pirige tun,
meaning "pear orchard".
There was a
ferry across the
river to the other...
- towers, one with a spire. The
toponym Purton is
derived from the Old
English pirige for "pear" and tun for "enclosure" or "homestead".[citation needed] Ringsbury...
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topographical grounds there is
nothing against such derivations. Old
English pirige,
pyrige 'pear-tree' may be
possible phonologically, but
seems less likely...
