Paxton Hill
hill or mountain · Cambridgeshire
Old EnglishSurmised
Probable2 sources · name elements
Paxton Hill likely combines the place name Paxton with the Old English word 'hyll' meaning hill. 'Paxton' itself is thought to derive from a personal name, 'Pacc', and 'tun' meaning settlement or farmstead.
Word origins
- Paxton
- Old EnglishAttestedSettlement of Pacc(from Pacc "a personal name", tun "enclosed place, farmstead, village")
- Hill
- Old EnglishAttestedHill(from hyll "hill")