English Place-name Society

Survey of English Place-Names

A county-by-county guide to the linguistic origins of England’s place-names – a project of the English Place-Name Society, founded 1923.

Podington

Major Settlement in the Parish of Podington

Historical Forms

  • Potintone 1086 DB
  • Podinton, Podynton 1086 DB 1223 FF 1227 Ch 1240 Ass 1247,1276 Ass 1315 Cl 1346 Ipm
  • Pudinton 1163 P 1202 FF 1227 Ass
  • Pudington 1227 Bract
  • Potingdon 1240 Ass
  • Podington, Podyngton 1287 Ass 1302,1316 FA 1324,1388 Cl 1390–2 CS 1509 ADv
  • Pudyngton 1346 FA
  • Puddington, Puddyngton 1535 VE 1588 D 1643 HMCiii 1765 J 1780–1830 Jury

Etymology

'Pudda's or (possibly) Poda's farm' v. ingtun . Both Podda and Puda are well-established OE names.

Places in the same Parish