Pampisford
Major Settlement in the Parish of Pampisford
Historical Forms
- Pampeswrda 1086 ICC
- Pampesuuorde 1086 DB
- Pampesworda 1086 InqEl c.1170 ElyM
- Pampesuuorð(a) 1086 InqEl
- Pampeswurda 1171 P
- Pampeswrth(e) 1199 CurR 1290 Pat
- Pampesworthe, Pampeswortha 1134–44 ElyCh 1532 ADii
- Pampesworthe al. Pampesforde 1489 Ipm
- Pampeswurđa 1169 P
- Pampeswurth(e) 1272 Ass 14th Walden
- Pampeswrt 1279 ElyM
- Pampesford 1603 FF
- Pampisworth(e), Pampysworth(e) 1284 FA 1434 Pat
- Pampysford 1608 FF 1663 EAxiii
- Pampeworda 1086 InqEl
- Pampeworth(e) 1170 LibEl 1272 Ass 1280 FF 1377 Fine
- Pampewrde 1285 Ass
- Pamsforth(e) 1535 VE t.Eliz ChancP
- Pam(m)esworth 1587–9 Add
- Pamsford 1610 Speed 1627 FF
- Paunsworthe 1539 MinAcct
- Paunsforth 1550 Pat 1553 EAvi
- Pan(ne)sworth(e), Pan(ne)sworth(e) al. Pamsworthe 1553 Pat 1661 Cai
- Pawnsford 1603 Map
- Pantisford 1660 CAPrxvii
- Palmeforde 1559 Rental
- Palmesfourde 1588 ADvi
- Parmeforth 1672 EAxi
- Panser 18th Huddleston
Etymology
Probably 'Pampe 's enclosure,' v. worð . This personal name is found as a surname at Whittlesey in 1335 (Pat) in the names Andrew and John Pampe . It is related to ME pampe , 'to pamper,' ON Pampi , a nickname used of a thickset man. Cf. DEPN and Pandon (PN NbDu 155). Here, we may have ON Pampi itself. For -ford cf. Duxford supra 92.