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.

Petton

Early-attested site in the Parish of Bampton

Historical Forms

  • Peteton 12th Bath
  • Petton 1368 BM
  • Patteton 1219 Ass
  • Pateton 1238 Ass
  • Patton t.Ed1 BM
  • Pyaton 1303 FA
  • Patington 1244 Ass
  • Peadeton 1316 FA
  • Peatton 1368,1504 BM

Etymology

'P (e )atta 's farm,' v. tun . Cf. Patcott infra 543.