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.

Packwood

Major Settlement in the Parish of Packwood

Historical Forms

  • Pachawud' 1194 Cur
  • Packewode 1295 FF
  • Pakewode 1340 Coventry
  • Pakkewode 1351 ADiii
  • Pacwode 1196 FF 1544 LP
  • Pachwde 1221 Pap
  • Packwode 1196 FF 1350 ADiv 1436 IpmR
  • Packewode 1262 Ass
  • Paggewod 1267 Ch

Etymology

'Paca 's wood,' v. wudu , with the same pers. name as in Packington and Packmores supra 66, 265.

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site