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Pudlicott Mill

Other OS name in the Parish of Ebrington

Historical Forms

  • Pudlicot(e) 13 WinchLB 1777 M

Etymology

, 1830 M , Pudlicot (e )13 WinchLB (p), 1777 M , probably a derivative of puddel ( ME  podel ) ' a dirty pool, a puddle ' , as in Puddleworth (ii, 195infra ) , but in view of the medial - i - which may represent an earlier - an - ( Phonol. § 49 ) we may here have an OE  pers.n.Pud (d )el (a ) ( formed from OE  Puda ) , v. cot .