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.

Oddington

Major Settlement in the Parish of Oddington

Historical Forms

  • Otendone 1086 DB
  • Ottendune 1137 Thame c.1200 Ass 1241
  • Otendon' 1206 P
  • Otenden' 1206 Cur
  • Otendun' 1254–5 RH
  • Otindon' c.1220 S c.1280 FA 1428
  • Otynton 1341 Cl
  • Otyntown 1428 FA
  • Otigdon 1278–9 RH
  • Otyngdone, Ondytone 1285 Ass
  • Odingtone 1526 LS

Etymology

'*Ot (t )a 's hill,' v. dūn . The same man has probably given name to Ot Moor (208) and Otley (infra ).

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site