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.

Liddaton Green

Early-attested site in the Parish of Brentor

Historical Forms

  • Lideltona 1086 DB
  • Liddintone 1166 RBE
  • Estlidinton 1256 Ass
  • Lyditune 1272 Ipm
  • Liddeton(e) 1166 LN 1193 Oliver
  • Lideton 1228 FF
  • Lydeton 1238 Ass 1330 SR
  • West Lidethon 1242 Fees78
  • Estlideton 1256 Ass
  • Westledeton 1408 Ass

Etymology

v. tun . The place presumably takes its name from the river Lyd, v. supra 9, though no spellings with a u have been found.The OE  form was either Hlydantūn or perhaps Hlydingtūn . Cf. Tæfingstoc for Tavistock infra 217.