Paxlet Plantation
Early-attested site in the Parish of Ramsbury
Historical Forms
- Pac(c)heslade c.1210 HMCVari
- SarumD and C, Peccheslade 1331 ib
- copice called Pasheslade t.Hy8 Rental
- Paxdoune 1570 PembSurv
Etymology
Paxlet Plantation (6″) is Pac (c )heslade c. 1210 HMC Var i, 1403 SarumD and C , Peccheslade 1331 ib., copice called Pasheslade t. Hy 8Rental . Probably 'Pæcci 's slæd,' cf. Patching (PN Sx 248). The personal name may also be found in Paxdoune (1570 PembSurv) in this parish.
Places in the same Parish
Early-attested site
Other OS name
- Cocked Hat Coppice
- Crowood Ho
- Dwarf Brake
- Eastridge Ho
- Elmdown Fm
- Foxley Wood
- Hail's Grove
- Hens Wood
- Hill Close
- Hodd's Hill
- Howe Mill
- Kearsdown Fm
- The Knapp
- Lamplands
- Leg of Mutton Copse
- Leigh Fm
- Little Wood
- Oaken Copse
- Oldfield Cottages
- Pit Barn
- Barridge Brake
- Boltsridge Copse
- Burney Fm
- Burnt Wood
- Cakewood
- Park Town
- Preston
- Westfield
- West Marsh Fm
- Whitehill Coppice
- Coal Brake
- Pentico Fm