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.

Newbold Pacey

Major Settlement in the Parish of Newbold Pacey

Historical Forms

  • Niwebold 1086 DB
  • Nevbald 1185 Templars
  • Neubold 1221 FF
  • Newbold 1247 SR
  • Newebold 1262 Ass
  • Neubold Pacy 1235 Fees
  • Nywbold Pacy 1297 Wigorn
  • Neubolt Pasy 1304 Cl

Etymology

'New building,' cf. Newbold supra 115. Robert de Pasci held the manor in 1221 (FF). Adam de Pasci held it t. John (Dugdale 392).

Places in the same Parish