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Survey of English Place-Names

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Pattle

Other OS name in the Parish of Beaminster

Historical Forms

  • DCMCt, (Lt) Paddle (f.n.) 1842 TA

Etymology

( Kelly ) , claus ' voc ' Pattle 1627 , terr ' voc ' James Pattle 1632 both DCMCt , (Lt ) Paddle (f.n.)1842TA , perhaps from a surname ( cf. that recorded earlier as Padel (× 3 ) in 1327, 1332 SR though not in this Hd ) , or analogous with the f.n. Padell Close in Ryme In . par . supra .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement