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Pewsey
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English
Etymology
From the unrecorded en ang - personal name ang *Pefi + en -s- + ang īeġ island; well-watered land.
Proper noun
~ s
en village/and/cpar in co/Wiltshire cc/England OS grid ref SU1660. Parish map
en habitational Old English.
Derived terms
en Vale of Pewsey
Statistics
According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Pewsey is the 32533rd most common surname in England, belonging to 108 individuals.
References
Survey of English Place-Names
Further reading
pewsey
Anagrams
en eepswy sweepy