Patcham
Major Settlement in the Parish of Patcham
Historical Forms
- Piceham 1086 DB
- Peccham t.Wm2 Lewes 1476 IpmR
- Pecham 1291 Tax
- Pechham 1315 ADiii
- Pecheham 1377 Pat
- Petcham 1316 FA 1794 InstPRO
- Peckham or Pecham or Patcham 1664 FF
Etymology
It has usually been assumed that this name contains a pers. name Pæcca , a weak form of that noted under Patching supra 248, but the entire absence of early a -forms and the DB form with i are curious. In this name we seem rather to have a pers. name Pecc (e )a with sporadic i as an AN spelling. Cf. the history of Peachley (PN Wo 133). The later form may well have been influenced by Patching.