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.

Paxhill Park

Early-attested site in the Parish of Lindfield

Historical Forms

  • bacanscylfes 765 BCS197 c.1300
  • la Backeshelue 1279 Ass
  • Bacselue 1296,1332 SR
  • Bacshelve 1339 Ct
  • Backshells 1636 SAC19,48
  • Packshill or Paxhill 18th BurrellMS

Etymology

'Bac(c)a's shelving ground,' v. scylf . The pers. name Bac (c )a is on record, v. Addenda supra v.