Pensax
| Pensax | |
| Worcestershire | |
|---|---|
 Pensax Parish Hall | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | SO723690 |
| Location: | 52°19’6"N, 2°24’28"W |
| Data | |
| Population: | 317 |
| Post town: | Worcester |
| Postcode: | WR6 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | Malvern Hills |
Pensax is a village of north-western Worcestershire. The wider parish incorporates a hamlet, Menith Wood, to the west of Pensax Common. According to the 2001 Census, the parish had a population of 317.
Nearby are such parishes as Stockton on Teme, Abberley, Rock and Lindridge.
The local pub is The Bell.
The parish church, St James the Great, was built in 1832.
Name
The name Pensax is a combination of the Old Welsh words "pen" (hilltop) and "sais" (Englishman). The form of name follows the Welsh format, indicating local speakers coined the name, rather than Old English speakers borrowing a Brittonic element.[1]
The close village of Menith Wood also has a Celtic name meaning mountain/hill, this time derived from the Welsh language word "mynydd". Nearby, too, runs the River Teme, whose name comes from the Celtic "tamesis" (the dark one), the same as the rivers Thames and Tame.
Outside links
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References
- ↑ John Baker and Jayne Carroll, "The Afterlives of Bede's Tribal Names in English Place-Names" (2020)