Drayton Parslow
Major Settlement in the Parish of Drayton Parslow
Historical Forms
- Draitone, Draintone 1086 DB
- Northdreitune c.1230 Miss 14th
- Drayton Monacorum 1237–40 Fees
- Dreyton Passelewe 1268 Pat 1283 Ipm
- Drayton Passele(y) 1330,1421 Pat
- Drayton Passelowe 1421,1422,1501 Pat
- Drayton Pasloo 1535 VE
- Drayton Paslow 1526 LS
Etymology
v. dræg . There can certainly be no question of a water- meaning for dræg here and the exact sense must remain undetermined. The n in the DB form is probably an error, cf. Langrave for Grove and Pincelestorn for Pitstone supra . 'North' in contrast to Drayton Beauchamp, 'Monacorum' because the monks of Woburn claimed certain rights of overlordship here.Already in DB the manor was held by Ralf Passaquam , the second name being a translation of OFr Passe l 'ewe . The vowel of the final syllable has been assimilated to that of the common -low suffix in p.n. For the ars , v. Introd. xxiii.
Places in the same Parish
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