Great Paxton
village · Cambridgeshire
Old EnglishSurmised
Probable2 sources · historical forms · name elements
Great Paxton means 'great farmstead', from Old English 'mycel' (great) and 'tun' (farmstead, village). It was historically larger or more significant than other settlements named Paxton.
Word origins
- Great
- Old Englishgreat(from mycel "great")
- Paxton
- Old EnglishAttestedfarmstead, village(from tūn "farmstead, village, estate")
Historical forms
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