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.

Quither

Early-attested site in the Parish of Milton Abbot

Historical Forms

  • Queder 1281 Ass
  • Quedre 1284 FA
  • Quederne 1330,1333 SR 1412 Deed
  • Quydor, Quyderin 1488 Rental

Etymology

The name is probably a compound of OE  cwēad , 'dung, dirt,' and ærn, 'house.' Cf. Quoditch supra 127 and v. Mixerne (Gl), s. v. ærn .