Survey of English Place-Names

Historical Forms

• Pallinga, Palinga 1086 DB

• Pallenges 1199(p),1200(p) P

• Pallinges 1209 Ass 1209 Ass 1224 Cur

• Paullinges 1224,1230 ib

• Pallyngs 1366 Inqaqd

• Palling(e) 1202 FF 1209(p),1210(p),1211(p) P e.13 HMC 1227 Bract 1254–75 Val 1257,1269 Ass 1275 RH 1282,1327 Ipm 1306 QW 1428 FA

• Paling' 1209 FF

• Pallyng(e) 1286 Ass 1305,1313,1333 FF 1316,1402 FA 1351,1380,1384 Pat 1535 VE

• Pallingg(e) 1302,1346 FA 1307,1331 Ipm 1325 FF

• Pallyngg 1343 1346 FA

• Pawling(e) 1637 Bodl 1686 CtIngham

Etymology

The oldest spellings represent OE  *Pællingas 'Pælli's people'.The pers.n. Pælli is found in LVD (OET 163). v. DEPN, PN-ing 59 f. Ekwall alternatively suggests that the base may be OE  *pall , *peall 'raised place, ledge', corresponding to OScand  pallr , if it could be used in the sense 'shore, bank', but he considers this a less likely alternative than derivation from the pers.n. Pælli .