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The ancestry of the name Padfield dates from the ancient Anglo-Saxon culture of Britain. It comes from when the family lived in the region of Patty's field. Padfield is a topographic surname, which was given to a person who resided near a physical feature such as a hill, stream, church, or type of tree. Habitation names form the other broad category of surnames that were derived from place-names. They were derived from pre-existing names for towns, villages, parishes, or farmsteads. Other local names are derived from the names of houses, manors, estates, regions, and entire counties.
The surname Padfield was first found in county Staffordshire, where the family held a family seat since ancient times.
This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Padfield research. Another 71 words (5 lines of text) covering the years 1298, 1321 and 1642 are included under the topic Early Padfield History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.
Spelling variations in names were a common occurrence before English spelling was standardized a few hundred years ago. In the Middle Ages, even the literate spelled their names differently as the English language incorporated elements of French, Latin, and other European languages. Many variations of the name Padfield have been found, including Padfield, Paddfield, Padfild, Padfeld, Padefeld, Patfield, Padford, Paddford, Patford and many more.
More information is included under the topic Early Padfield Notables in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.