Survey of English Place-Names

Historical Forms

• Pidele called Hinctune 1082–4 France

• Pidele 1086 DB(f.79a) 1100–6 France

• Bidele 1100–4 ib

• Pidle 1339 Fine

• Pidel Hineton 1244 Ass

• Pydelinton 1268 ib

• Pydelhenton 1440 IpmR

• Pydelhynton 1449 Eton

• Pyddy(l)hynton 15 ib

• Piddlehinton 1575 Saxton

• Pudelhenton, Pudylhenton 1270 ChrP 1372 Pat 1403 Eton 1498

• Pudel(l)(e) Hynton, Pudel(l)(e)hynton 1368 Cl 1480 Eton

• Pudel(l)(e)henton 1544 PlR

• Pudylhynton 1510 MP

• Pudehinton 1569 Eton

• Pedylhynton, Pedelhynton 15 1449 Weld1 1454 Eton

• Pedelhenton 1502 ib

• Hinepid(d)el(l)(e), Hynepid(d)el(l)(e), Hynepydel(l)(e) 1244,1268,1280,1288 Ass 1297 1372 Pat 1423 Cl

• Hynepydel(l)(e) alias (dict') Pydelhington, Hynepydel(l)(e) alias (dict') Pidelhington, Hynepydel(l)(e) alias (dict') Pidelhyngton 1438 Fine 1445 ChrP 15

• Hynepide 1244 Ass

• Hynpidel 1423 Pat

• Hinepedel, Hynepedel 1244 Ass 1379 Pat

• Hinepudel(l)(e), Hynepudel(l)(e) 1285 FA 1291 Tax 1431 ChrP 15

• Hyne Pudele or Pudelihenton, Hynepudele alias Pudelhenton 1427,1428 Pat

• Hynepudel(l)(e) alias dict' Pydelhynton 1445 ChrP 15

• Hynepudle 1428 FA

• Hynpudel(l)(e) 1405 AddRoll

• Hineton 1288 Ass

• Honipedele, Honypedele 1361,1363 Cl

• Hyme Pedill als. Pedillington 1442 Eton

• Hynnepedyll alias Peydelhynton 1462 Pat

Etymology

Named from R. Piddle or Trent, cf. Affpuddle par. supra . Hine -, etc. represents the gen.pl. hīgna of hīwan 'a household (of monks), a religious community', and Hineton , etc. a composition of hīgna with tūn 'farm', cf. Tarrant Hinton par. and Hinton Martell par. both infra . Piddlehinton belonged to the abbey of Marmoutier in the late 11th cent. (VCHDo 385, 130).