Princelett
Princelett, sometimes spelled "Princelet", is a hamlet on the Isle of Wight. Princelett is in Newchurch civil parish. Until the mid 20th Century it was known chiefly for its milk distribution business known as Princelett Dairy.[1]
Name
[edit]The name means 'the spring belonging to a man called Prim', from Old English Prim (personal name) and flōde.
1271: Prunesloude (probably an error of Primesfloude)
1305: Premsfloude
1316: Prymesfloude
1428: Prynslode
1769: Princelet[2]
References
[edit]- ^ The National Gazetteer (1868) - Newchurch
- ^ Mills, A.D (1996). The Place-Names of the Isle of Wight. Shaun Tyas.
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