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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.

Puddle Hill

Early-attested site in the Parish of Houghton Regis

Historical Forms

  • Pudele 1274 Dunst 13th
  • Pod(d)ele 1276 Ass
  • Podele 1304 ADiii

Etymology

'Puda's clearing' v. leah and cf. Podington supra 37.

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Major Settlement