Survey of English Place-Names

Historical Forms

• Torp 1086 DB

• Thorpkime 1251 Ass

• Paddocthorp(e), Paddokthorp(e) 1285 KI 14 Percy 1303 KF 1334 FF 1340 BM 1371 Ipm 1464 Pat

• Padyngthorp 1462 Pat

• Pedderthorpe 1562 NCWills

• Paderthorpe als. Padethorpe als. Padokthorp 1547 FF

• Palethorpe 1591 FF

• Palithorp 1665 Visit

• Pollethorpe 1804 EnclA

Etymology

v. þorp 'outlying farmstead', with Kime as a feudal affix (cf. Newton Kyme 79supra ). The affix Paddok - can hardly be from ModE  paddock 'small enclosure' as that variant of pearroc does not appear before 1547 (NED s.v.). It is from padduc 'a frog' used here to denote a farmstead overrun with frogs or as a nickname; Reaney 239 cites a surname Paddock from this source. The later form with Pale -, etc., is a sport substitution.