Putney
Major Settlement in the Parish of Putney
Historical Forms
- Putelei 1086 DB
- Puttenhuth(e) 1279,1303 Ass 1327 Banco 1330 FF 1332 SR
- Puttenhyth 1350 FF
- Puttenheth(e) 1332 SR 1502 ADiii
- Puttenhith 1461 WimbCt 1535 VE
- Pottenheth(e) 1370 FF
- Potenheth 1382 Ass
- Potenhith 1406 Pat 1474 FF
- Putneth 1474 WimbCt 1505 FF 1538 LP
- Putteneth 1494 FF
- Putney 1503 FF
- Putney al. Puttenheath 1639 Recov
Etymology
The great gap between the DB and 1279 forms is noteworthy; Putney was a chapelry of Mortlake and is seldom mentioned in early records. The DB spelling shows common confusion of n and l and loss of intervocalic ð . The meaning of the name is 'Putta 's landing-place or quay,' v. hyð . Cf. Puttenham infra 209, and for the modern form cf. Chelsea and Stepney (PN Mx 14, 80).