Survey of English Place-Names

Historical Forms

• Paynston 1452-3 SAS2/V 1604 PR(H)

• Painston 1609 PR(H)

• Paynestone alias Pynson 1621 SAS2/V

• Peinson 1636 PR(H)

• Painson 1684,90 ib

Etymology

PANSON, 1721 PR(H) 1, Paynston 1452-3 SAS 2/V, 1604 PR(H) 1, Painston 1609 PR(H) 1, Paynestone alias Pynson 1621 SAS 2/V, Peinson 1636 PR(H) 1, Painson 1684, 90 ib. There is a moat here, and the name is likely to be a post-Conquest compound of tūn with the French  pers.n. Pain . Such compounds are well-represented in He, but very rare further north.