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.

Pedley Wood

Early-attested site in the Parish of Clophill

Historical Forms

  • Pudelegh 1324 Ipm

Etymology

'The leah or clearing of Pydda .' Without the intermediate forms it is difficult to be sure of the history. Cf. Piddington (Nth) and Pidley (Hu) infra 211.

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Major Settlement