Farndish
Early-attested site in the Parish of Podington
Historical Forms
- Fernadis 1086 DB
- Farnedis 1086 DB 1276 Ass 1284 FA
- Fernedeis 1176 P
- Fernedis 1194 P 1207 FF
- Franedis 1202 Ass
- Farnedis(c)h 1227 Ass 1273 Cl 1276 Ass 1346 Ipm
- Farendich 1247 Ass
- Ferenedich 1249 FF
- Frandich 1250 Fees
- Farnedich 1276,1287 Ass 1302 FA 1346
- Farnadis 1276 Ass
- Farnadich 1316 FA
- Farndisch, Farndisshe 1322 Ipm 1329 Cl
- Farendissh 1346 Ipm, Cl, Fine
- Farredish 1346 Ipm
- Faryngdyssch 1390–2 CS
- Faredishe 1399 IpmR
- Faryndish 1418 IpmR
- Frendish al. Frendich 1509 Ipm
Etymology
'Enclosed pasture, overgrown with fern or bracken' v. fearn , edisc . Skeat takes the last element to be disc , 'dish,' but there is no evidence in OE charter material for its topographical use, and 'hollow' does not describe the site of Farndish. The later forms show that dissyllabic development which arises from the strong trilling of the r , or alternatively metathesis of the r .