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.

Snydles

Early-attested site in the Parish of Chittlehamholt

Historical Forms

  • Esnideleia 1086 DB(Exon)
  • Smidelie
  • Snyddelg' 1242 Fees784
  • Snideleg(h) 1253 Ipm 1278 Ass
  • Snydelegh 1294 Ass
  • Sniddele 1278 Ass
  • Snyddelegh 1292 Ipm 1441 IpmR

Etymology

This name looks as though it came from an OE  snida -lēage (dat.), 'woodland of (or with) cuts or incisions,' a compound of OE  snid , 'cut,' and leah, though no parallel for such is known.

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site

Major Settlement