Survey of English Place-Names

Etymology

, cf. One Paper Mill 1746, 1748Td 'E , that New erected Mesuage or Tenement and Paper Mill thereto adjoining called the Paper Mill or Pad Mill 1752ib , Paper Mill 1749, 1763ib et freq , a Mill lately used as a Paper Mill 1845ib ; for the alternative name , which is recorded earlier , cf. Pad Mill hill 1617Td 'E , pad mill hill 1631Td 'E , Furlong called Padmill-hill 1768Td 'E , Pad Mill Hill 1842Td 'E and Pad (e ) becke 1617Td 'E , Pade beck 1631Td 'E , Padebeck 1743Td 'E , Pade Beck 1793Td 'E , Padebeck Close 1795EnclA ; Pad ( e ) becke appears to mean ' the stream where toads are found ' v. padde , padda , bekkr and if this is to be associated with Pad Mill , perhaps the latter is a shortened form of Pad Beck Mill , though the forms are too late for any certainty .