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.

Paxford

Early-attested site in the Parish of Blockley

Historical Forms

  • Paxford 1208 Fees 1248 Ass 1274 RH 1287 Ass 1759 PR

Etymology

Paxford, Paxford 1208 Fees, 1248Ass , 1274 RH, 1287Ass et passim to 1759 PR 4. 'Pæcc's ford', from an OE  pers.n. Pæcc (cf. ME Pake in the surname Paxman , Reaney 245). v. ford . The ford was across Knee Brook.