Patstone Family History

Chiefly from the lost Padston(e) in Bromsgrove (Worcs) and occasionally from Padson in Inwardleigh (Devon), which is recorded as Paddiston in 156. The Worcs place-name derives from the Old English personal name Padda (genitive Paddes) + tūn ‘farmstead estate’.

The etymology of the Devon place-name is uncertain due to a lack of medieval forms, though the 1330 early bearer form below suggests the final element is Old English dūn ‘hill’.

Sometimes a variant of Paston with particular reference to Paston in Northants.