CANON PYON, Herefordshire

Gazetteers

• The transcription of the section for Canon Pyon from the National Gazetteer (1868) provided by Colin Hinson.

Names, Geographical

• "A Dictionary of English Place Names" by A.D. Mills (Oxford) gives:-

  "Pyon, Canon & Kings, Heref. & Worcs.
  Pionie 1086 DB (=Domesday Book)   Pyone canonicorum 1221.  King's Pyon 1285.
  'Island infested with gnats or other insects.'   OE (Old English) pie (genitive plural peona) + ëg"
  The Distinguishing affix 'Canon' derives from early possession by the Canons of Hereford.

  In other sources, ëg is translated as 'land between streams', rather than 'island' - c.f. "Place Names of Derbyshire" and derivation of Eyam, from the dative plural ëgum.

Names, Personal

• A list of Canon Pyon Vicars (1300-1988), taken from a board inside the Church.