Paxford
Early-attested site in the Parish of Blockley
Historical Forms
- Paxford 1208 Fees38 1275,1327 SR 1346 FA
- Pakesheye 1299 RBB
Etymology
We probably have here a lost pers. name Pæcc which lies also behind Packington (Ess, Wa), Patching(Sx). Hence 'Pæcc 's Ford,' v. ford . This place included a Pakesheye in 1299 (RBB ). We should have expected Patchford , but there are many difficulties as yet unsolved in regard to names of this type, cf. Seckley supra 32 which one would have expected to appear as Setchley or Sedgeley . The explanation may be that Pæcc was influenced by a corresponding form *Paca (cf. Packington).