146 TEESDAIE PLACE-NAMES. 



" Etym. Proven9. espagn. et Ital, pastura, du Jjoim pastura 

 de^«s/MW2, supin de^flscere, paitre." Littre. 



From the Latin through Erench — Pasture land. 



"The Weardale pastures are the fenced-in lands situated 

 between the moors and the meadows. Generally, to those who 

 had old enclosure farms there were allotted, under Division Acts, 

 pastures in the higher grounds." Eggiestone'sWeardale Names, 

 p. 143. 



The Teesdale pastures were most probably dealt with in the 

 same way. 



Examples : — 



Town Pasture — belonging to the town — common. 



Carpliug Pasture — the Pasture of Carpling (modern). 



Dent Pasture — Dent's Pasture (modern), 



Gilmonby Pasture — Oilman's abode pasture. 



Cronkley Pasture — near the place so called. See Ceonkley. 



West Pasture. Pasture Eoot. 



Pasture End. "West Charity Pasture. 



Peckneil. 



"Pacca's Hill or Knoll." Bell. — Pacca is not in Streatfeild's 

 "Lincolnshire and Danes," but in Kemble's "Saxons in Eng- 

 land," vol. i., we find Paeccingas, Sussex. 



Peghgeit. 



"Pega's headland," (Bell), or corner; Suio-Goth. and A.-S. 

 horn, corner, horn, projecting point, pinnacle. 



In Kemble's " Saxons in England," we find, Pegingas. 



Pega is not a Lincolnshire Danish name. See Streatfeild 

 above. 



Pike. 



Icel. pi.ha, a pike, not in Cleasby, but pihha, to prick, to pick. 

 Dan. pig, pihle, pike, point, prickle ; Sw. pigg, pik, pike. 

 Ger. pike ; Dut. and Elem. piek. 



