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.

Patney

Major Settlement in the Parish of Patney

Historical Forms

  • (æt) Peatanige, (to) Peattanige, (to) Pittanige 963 BCS1118 c.1150
  • (æt) Peattaniggi 1049–52 KCD949 c.1150
  • Pateney(e) 1171 WintonCart 1242 Cl 1255 RH 1279 Ass 1300 Ch
  • Pateneia 1205 Pap
  • Patenie 1275 RH 1280 Abbr
  • Patenay 1281 QW
  • Pattenei 1243 Pap
  • Peteneia 1230 Ch
  • Peteny 1242 Fees
  • Pettenye 1249 Ass
  • Peteneye c.1250 Rental
  • Patney 1284 Ch

Etymology

'Peatta 's well-watered land,' eg.

Places in the same Parish