Survey of English Place-Names

Historical Forms

• Pæuintune 969,n.d.(11th) KCD552,617

• Paminton(ie), Pamintona, Pamyntona 1086 DB 1100–35 Tewk72d 1248 FF 1287 QW 1496 Pat

• Pamingtona, Pamyngtona 1248 Ass 1249 Theok 1487 MinAcct 1679 PR

• Pamittonia 1100–35 Pat 1496

• Pannentona Hy1 Ch 1300

• Panington, Panyngton 1372 Ipm 1478 IpmR

• Pannington 1619 Dep

• Pallinton' 1248 Ass

• Pauynton' 1287 Ass

• Pavington 1558–79 ChancP

• Pammington 1682 PR

Etymology

The likeliest explanation of Pamington is OE  Pæf (e )ning -tūn 'Pæfen's farmstead', v. ing 4 , tūn . An OE  pers.n. Pæfen is not on record, nor is the presumed root *paf - known in pers.ns., but Pensfold and Pevensey (Sx 160, 444) are from an OE  *Pefen , which is doubtless the normal i -mutated form. The assimilation of OE  -fn - to -mn - and -mm - is well attested in words like OE  emn for efen 'even' (cf. Campbell § 484); the assimilation of -mn - to -nn - would account for the Pann -, Pan - spellings.