Survey of English Place-Names

Historical Forms

• (on) hwitan pearruc, (of) hwitan parruce 1007 KCD1303 c.1240

Etymology

Paddock Wood. Hearne's account of the bounds of White Waltham in 1711 mentions a Wood or Coppice called White -Paddock between Heywood House (supra 72) and Payley -Street (infra ). This is clearly identical with Paddock Wood. An earlier reference occurs t. Ric I (CartAntiq, Rolls 11–20, pp. 44–8), when the monks of Waltham Holy Cross were given the liberty of enclosing their woods of Witeparroch and Heywood with a hedge and ditch. It is impossible not to identify this with (on ) hwitan pearruc , (of ) hwitan parruce 1007 (c. 1240) KCD 1303, but this landmark appears to be on the E. boundary of Waltham St Lawrence (v. Part 3). Paddock Wood, now on the E. boundary of White Waltham, may be the remnant of a much larger wood which extended right across the parishes of White Waltham and Shottesbrooke. The name means 'white enclosure', v. hwīt , pearroc , and cf. the parish name 70.