Pledgdon Hall, Pledgdon Green
Early-attested site in the Parish of Henham
Historical Forms
- Plicedanā 1086 DB
- Plicheden(e) 1251 Ch
- Plicheden(e) Hope 13th StJohn
- Plicheden(e)mora, Plicheden(e)strate 13th WalthamA 1321 Ipm
- Plicheden(e)grene 1436 Tilty
- Plysden 1493–1500 ECP
- Pilcheden 1272 Ass
- Plechenden 1273 FF
- Plechindene 1405 IpmR
- Plecheden(e) 1282–1328 Ipm 1312 Ch
- Plecchedon 1442 IpmR
- Plechdyne 1480 MinAcct
- Plukkedune 13th StJohn
- Pledgden 1560 FF
- Plegedon or Prison Hall 1777 C
- Ples(e)den Hamlet 1437 WAM 1535 LP
- Plesdon Grene 1542 LP
- Pleshden Hall, Pleshden Green, Pleshden now Prison Hall 1768 M
Etymology
Probably OE Plyccean-denu , 'Plycca 's valley,' v. denu . This pers. name, otherwise unknown, is derived from OE plycc (e )an , 'to pluck, pull, snatch.' v. NEDs. v. plitch . The unmutated Plucca is found in LVD and must have had the same sense. Cf. Pluckley (PN K 393).