Lidlington
Major Settlement in the Parish of Lidlington
Historical Forms
- Litincletone 1086 DB
- Littlingeton 1180 P
- Litlingeton 1199,1202 FF 1202,1227 Ass
- Litlington, Lytlington 1204 FF 1227 Ass
- Letling(e)ton 1204 FF
- Lutlingeton 1220 LS
- Littlington, Lyttlyngton 1228 FF 1247 Ass c.1300
- Lutlinton, Lutlington, Lutlyngton 1262 FF 1287 Ass 1346 FA 1358 BM
- Lutelington 1274 Cl
- Lidlington 1780 Jury
- Lidlington al. Litlington 1806 Lysons
Etymology
OE Lytelingatūn , 'farm of Lytel's people.' v. ingatun in EPN 42. The same pers. name is found in Littleworth, Lillingstone (Bk), Littleton (Mx) and Litlington (C). Voicing of t to d before l is common in dialect and it is noteworthy that two of the counties in which Wright gives examples are Essex and Suffolk (FDG § 283).