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.

Church

Other OS name in the Parish of Puddletown

Etymology

( St Mary 's ) , cf. æcclesiam de Pitretone 1086 DB , æcclesiam de Pidretone Exon , parochial ' eccles ' de Pudelton 1270 (1372) ChrP , eccles ' Beate Marie de Pudeletone 1338HarlCh , Cherch (e )mede 1270(1372) ChrP , (le ) Churchewey 1463Ct , the Churche waye 1635Wal , v. mǣd , weg ; the present building dates from 12th cent. (RCHM 3222) .