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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.

Luddington Hill

Early-attested site in the Parish of Tarporley

Historical Forms

  • Luddington Hill 1831 Bry

Etymology

Luddington Hill, Luddington Hill 1831 Bry, partly in Eaton 290supra , may be the same as Ludynton 1396 ChRR (DKR xxxvi54), and analogous with Luddington L (DEPN), Wa 235, from the OE  pers.n. Luda and -ingtūn , with hyll .