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.

East Budleigh

Major Settlement in the Parish of East Budleigh

Historical Forms

  • Bodeleia 1086 DB(Exon)
  • Bodelie
  • Estbodelegh t.Ed3 Ass 1412 Pat
  • Boddelegh(e) 1291 Tax 1364 Ass
  • Budelega 1125–9 France
  • Buddele(ghe) c.1210–16 HMCiv,64 1269 Exon
  • Buteleg 1219 Ass
  • Budleigh al. East Budleigh 1671 Recov

Etymology

v. leah . The first element is probably OE  budda , 'beetle,' used as a pers. name (v. Redin 74).