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.

Muddipit

Early-attested site in the Parish of Buckland Brewer

Historical Forms

  • Modepitt(e) 1287 Ass 1373 IpmR
  • Modyputte 1330 SR
  • Modipitte 1333 SR

Etymology

This may contain the common adjective 'muddy' (first recorded in the 16th cent.), deriving from the noun 'mud,' first occurring in the form mode in the 14th cent.