Survey of English Place-Names

Historical Forms

• Pidele 1086 DB(f.78b)

• Pidela Exon

• Tollepidele 1210 P 1268 Ass 1428 FA

• Tolepidele, Tolepyd(e)le, Tolepud(e)le 1212 Fees 1291 Pap 1336 Ch

• Tolpud(e)l(l)(e) 1270 ChrP 1372 Wal 1626

• Tolpidel 1401 DorR

• Tolpudull 1428 FA

• Tolpydyll 1441 Pat

• Towpiddle 1575 Saxton

• Tolleton 1268 Ass

Etymology

'Tola's manor on R. Piddle', cf. Affpuddle par. supra . Tola (< ODan  Tola ), widow of Urc , Edward the Confessor's huscarl , got Edward's permission between 1058 and 1066 to give her lands to Abbotsbury abbey (ASWrits 2, Sawyer 1064, cf. Fees 92); Tolpuddle belonged to Abbotsbury abbey in 1086 DB (VCHDo 380). Tolleton 1268Ass ('Tola's farm', v. tūn ) is probably an alternative name for Tolpuddle but may be a separate place somewhere in this neighbourhood.