Quedgeley
Major Settlement in the Parish of Quedgeley
Historical Forms
- Quedesley(a), Quedesleia, Quedesleg', Quedesleye, Quedesl' 1135–54,1148–63 Glouc c.1210 GlR 1221 Ass 1222–8 Hopt 1236 FF c.1560 Surv
- Quedisley 1276 RH 1287 QW
- Quedsley 1654 PR
- Cudesleya J Monast
- Quedelee 1201 Cur
- Quicslaye 1216 ClR
- Whedeslegh', Whydesleye 1306 Ass
- Queddesley(e) 1308 Ipm 1540 LP 1597 FF
- Queddysley(e) 1458 FF
- Quod(de)sley 1560 FF 1575 Comm
- Quodgley 1577 M 1675 Ogilby
- Quedg(e)ley 1610,1648 FF
Etymology
'Dirt clearing', v. cwēad , lēah . OE cwēad 'dung, dirt, filth' may also have meant something more specific like 'dung-hill', or it may have been used in a derivative pers.n. to account for the gen.sg. in this p.n.: cf. also Quedley (Sx 453), from ME cwede 'bad' and Quidhampton (W 226). Cf. Phonol. § 44 (b ).