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.

Piddington

Major Settlement in the Parish of Piddington

Historical Forms

  • Petintone 1086 DB
  • Pedyngtona 1151–2 BC c.1444
  • Pedyngton c.1152(c.1444),1383(c.1444)(p) BC
  • Pedington c.1175 BC c.1444
  • Pedington' 1185 RR
  • Pedingtona 1360 Frid c.1425
  • Pidentuna 1152–3 BC c.1444
  • Pydentona c.1160 Frid c.1425
  • Pidenton' 1254–5 RH
  • Pydinton' c.1159 Frid c.1425 Cl 1356
  • Piddinton' 1242–3 Fees
  • Piditon' 1203 P
  • Pedintun' 1220 Fees
  • Pedinton' 1227 Cl
  • Pedynton 1349 BC c.1444
  • Padinton' 1235–6 Fees
  • Pyti'ton 1240–1 Ass
  • Pidington' 1242 P 1360 Frid c.1425
  • Pyddingtone 1285 Ass
  • Pridington 1278–9 RH
  • Pudynton 1299 Ipm
  • Pudyngton 1311 Cl
  • Podynton 1428 FA

Etymology

'*Pyda 's farm,' v. ingtūn : for the personal name v. PN BedsHu 212, PN Sx 324, PN Nth 150.

Places in the same Parish