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.

Pad Fm

Early-attested site in the Parish of Lancing

Etymology

Pad Fm derived its name from the Pad Inn here, a former rendezvous of smugglers (SAC 27, 97). Cf. Pads in 1724 (B), Lancing Pad in 1795 (GY).

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Major Settlement