English Place-name Society

Survey of English Place-Names

A county-by-county guide to the linguistic origins of England’s place-names – a project of the English Place-Name Society, founded 1923.

Paddon

Other OS name in the Parish of Shebbear

Historical Forms

  • Pattone 1330 SR

Etymology

is Pattone 1330SR (p) . Possibly ' Peatta 's tun . ' Cf. Patchole supra 49 .