Survey of English Place-Names

Historical Forms

• Pecchesfeld 1154 Pont

• Pec(c)he Feld 1155,1160 1160–75 YCh1778

• Pec(c)hfeld 1155–1214 Pont

• Petfeld (sic for Pecfeld) Hy2 Ch 1230 YCh1451

• Pekefeld 1169–75,1184 YCh1777–9 1205–10 Pont

• le Peckfeild 1623 FF

• Peckfield 1643 PRLed 1693 Wheat 1764 Glebe

Etymology

This is the name of an old stretch of open common alongside the Great North Road (cf. also Peckfield Close 55, Peckfield Fm 57, Peckfield Ho 96infra ). From the topography it would appear to mean 'stretch of open country on the hill', v. pēac , feld . The highest point on the Great North Road in the district is near Peckfield Bar cross-roads. The earliest spellings with Pec (c )h - are all from one document (Pont), and are AN  for Pek - (cf. Pegsdon Bd 175–6).