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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.

Name

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

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