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.

Panfield

Major Settlement in the Parish of Panfield

Historical Forms

  • Penfeldā 1086 DB
  • Penfeld 1156–82 France 1332 Ch
  • Pantelle 1156–7 France
  • Pantfeld, Pantfeud 1361 SR 1428 FA
  • Panfeud 1233 FF
  • Panfeld 1272 FF
  • Pamfeud, Pantfeud 1303 FA 1321 Londin
  • Pandfeud 1235 FF
  • Pandfeld 1339 Cl
  • Pa(u)mfeld 1254 Pat 1272 FF
  • Paunfeld 1293 Ipm 1295 Pat 1392 Ch
  • Pantfeylde or Pandefeylde 1594 N
  • Pantfield 1768 M

Etymology

'The open country on the banks of the Pant,' v. feld and Pant supra 9.

Places in the same Parish