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.

Taddington

Major Settlement in the Parish of Taddington

Historical Forms

  • Tadintun(e) 1086 DB 1225 ClR
  • Tadynton(e) 1194,1195 P 1215,1229 LichChart 1235 Ch 1462 Bemrose
  • Tadington, Tadyngton 1209,1210 P 1274 FF 1280 RegLich 16th
  • Tadenton 1287 Misc 1317 HarlCh
  • Tatinton, Tatynton 1200 P 1263 Ch 1278 Ipm 1327 Banco 1458 CampbCh
  • Tatington(e), Tatyngton(e) 1275 RH 1330 Ass 1424 DbAxxiii
  • Thadinton 1277 Ch
  • Dadinton 1278 Pat
  • Tidindon 1230 ChancR
  • Tidinton 1265 Cl
  • Taddyngton, Taddington 1487 DbCh 1577 Saxton
  • Parva Tadyngton 1425 Rental

Etymology

'Tada's farm', v. -ing-, tūn . Cf. Tadlow (PN C 66). The earliest spellings point to Tāda rather than Tata . It is once distinguished as Parva Tadyngton 1425Rental .