Editing Purley, London (section)

===Toponymy===
The name derives from an estate, mentioned in about 1200 when it was deeded to one William de Pirelea, son of Osbert de Pirelea by the abbot of St. Peter's monastery near Winchester.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Birch |first1=Walter de Gray |title=Domesday Book: A Popular Account of the Exchequer Manuscript So Called, with Notices of the Principal Points of General Interest which it Contains |date=1887 |publisher=Society for promoting Christian knowledge |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5SQLAAAAYAAJ |quote=Another example of the late use of the term ‘’hida’’ is that afforded by the Ad. Ch. 24,613 in the British Museum collection. In this deed John, abbot of St. Peter’s monastery at Hyde, or Newminster, outside the city of Winchester, confirms a grant to William de Pirelea, son of Osbert de Pirelea, of “dimidiam hidam terre in Sandestuda,” or Sanderstead, co. Surrey. The date is about A.D. 1200. |page=232|language=en}}</ref> The original meaning of Purley was probably a wood or clearing where pear trees grow,<ref>{{cite web |last1=Mills |first1=A. D. |title=Purley |url=https://www.oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/acref/9780199566785.001.0001/acref-9780199566785-e-1155 |website=A Dictionary of London Place-Names |publisher=Oxford University Press |access-date=10 September 2022 |language=en |doi=10.1093/acref/9780199566785.001.0001 |date=2010|isbn=978-0-19-956678-5 }}</ref> derived from "Pirlea", which is from Anglo Saxon {{lang|ang|pir}}, pear or {{lang|ang|pirige}}, pear tree and {{lang|ang|leá}}, a clearing or a place.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Tichy |first1=Ondrej |last2=Rocek |first2=Martin |title=Bosworth-Toller's Anglo-Saxon Dictionary online |url=https://bosworthtoller.com/ |website=Bosworth-Toller's Anglo-Saxon Dictionary online |access-date=9 September 2022 |language=en}}</ref>