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Oxcroft.— A.S. oxa— an ox, and A.S. croft a croft, a small enclosed field. 



Packiugton. — A.S. Facca a personal name, A.S. ing— children or descen- 

 dants, and A.S. tun— a town ;— the town of the children or descendants 

 of Pacca. 



Padfleld.-(D.D.B. Padefeld.)— A.S. pada— a frog or toad, and A.S. feld, 

 fild — a field, pasture, plain ; — the frog field. 



Parwich.— (D.D.B. Pevrewic.)^The initial syllable is from the A.S. peru, 

 pera — a pear, and the terminal syllable from the A.S. wic — a dwelling, 

 station, village, castle, or a bay (according to the situation of the place) ; 

 — the pear village. 



Peak, The.— A.S. pic— a point, top, head, the head or top of the hills, 

 stated by Camden to have been called by the Saxons Peac-lond. 



Peak Forest.— (D.D.B. Pechefers.)— For the derivation of Peak, see 

 above. Forest is from the >.'.F. The Forest of the Peak. 



Pentrich or Pentridge.— (D.D.B. Pentric.)— A.S. pund— a pound, 

 fold, and A.S. hric, hrice, hricg, ricg— a back, ridge or roof; — the back 

 of the pound or fold. 



Pilsbury.— (D.D.B. Pilesberie.)— C. pill— a small tower or stronghold, and 

 A.S. burh, burg, burge, burhg, birig, by rig — a city, town, fort, castle, 

 a fortified hill or place ; — the tower city or fort. 



Pilsley.— (D.D.B. Pinneslei, Pinnesleig.)— C. pill— a small tower or strong- 

 hold, and A.S. leah — a field ; — the tower field. 



Pinxton.— The initial syllable is probably from the A.S. Saint Pinnock, 

 and the postfix from A.S. tun— a town ;— St. Pinnock's town. 



Pleaseley— A.S. plega, plaega— play, sport, pastime, wager, gaming, and 

 A.S. leg, leag, lea, leah, lag. lah— a meadow, field, land ;— the play field. 

 Lewis — in his Topographical Dictionary — states that " in the park 

 adjoining the cotton mills is a large enclosure, with a double vallum and 

 entrenchments, two sides of which are secured by natural precipices ; it is 

 two hundred and fifty feet in length, by one hundred and ninety-five in 

 breadth, and is evidently a Saxon woik." 



Postern. — The prefix is the C. or A.S. post — a pillar or post. The final 



syllable is the A.S. aem, em — a place. The place by the pillar or post. 

 Priestcliffe. — (Presteclive.) — A.S. preost— a priest, and A.S. clif, clyf, 

 cleof — a cliff, rock, steep descent ; — the priest's cliff. 



Quarndon. — A.S. cwearn, cweorn, cwyrn — a mill, and A.S. dun — a moun- 

 tain, hill, downs : — mill hill. 

 Radbourn. — (D.D.B. Radbvrne.) — A.S. rsed, read, rud — red, and A.S. 



burne— a stream, a brook ;— the red brook. 

 Ravensdale Park. — The first component of Ravensdale is from the N. 

 Rafn— a raven, much in favour as a personal name. The postfix is from 

 the N. dalr (A.S. dal)— a dale. The adjunct is from the A.S. pearroc, 

 parruc — a park, paddock, an enclosure. The park by Raven's dale. 



