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.

Littleton Pannell

Early-attested site in the Parish of West Lavington

Historical Forms

  • Liteltone 1086 DB
  • Litleton 1249 Ass
  • Lutleton(e) 1255 RH
  • Lytleton in the king's hundred of Roghebergh 1319 ib
  • Litelton juxta Lavington 1335 FF

Etymology

Littleton Pannell is Liteltone 1086 DB, Litleton 1249Ass , Lutleton (e )1255 RH, Lutleton (e ) Paynel 1317 Imp, Lytleton in the king 's hundred of Roghebergh 1319 ib., Litelton juxta Lavington 1335FF . 'Little farm,' v. tun . William Paynel held the manor in 1249 (Ass ). Cf. Newport Pagnell (PN Bk 21).