Athelhampton
Major Settlement in the Parish of Athelhampton
Historical Forms
- Pidele 1086 DB(f.77a) 1204 Cur 1212
- Pidel' 1204 P
- Pidele Aleume, Pidele Aloume 1250 FF
- Pidele aleaum Ed1 ChrP 1372
- Pudele Aleume 1250 FF
- Athel(h)am(e)ston(e) 1270 ChrP 1372 FA 1285,1303 SR 1332 Pat 1502
- Hathelhamston 1280 Ass 1428 FA
- Athelesmeton 1280 Ass
- Athelaneston, Attol(a)meston 1288 ib
- Ad(e)lan(e)ston 1288 1539 AOMB
- Athellamston 1327 SR
- Athel(h)amp(e)ston 1346 FA
- Athel(h)amp(e)ston otherwise Admiston 1757 DCMDeed
- Adlampston 1495 Pat
- Adelmyston 1547 DorR
- Admyston 1560 ib
- Addlemaston 1575 Saxton
- Pidel(e) Athel(h)amston Ed1 ChrP 1372 FA 1285 Cl 1288
- Pidel(e) attelmeston 1288 Ass
- Pidel(e) Athalamston 1291 Ipm
- Pydele Athelmeston 1288 Ass
- Pydele athelamston 1291 Cl
- Alamston 1369 Orig
- Athelyngton 1428,1431 FA
Etymology
'Æðelhelm's farm', from the OE pers.n. Æðelhelm and tūn, the earlier name being simply that of R. Piddle or Trent (v. RNs.infra ) on which it stands; for the DB identification, v. Eyton 135–6, VCHDo 372, 130. The affixes -Aleume , -Aloume , -aleaum are AN spellings of the pers.n., with reduction of Æðel - to Al - (cf. also the later Alamston ), and vocalization of pre-consonantal l in -(h )elm - (Zachrisson ANInfl 107 ff, 146 ff, Feilitzen 78, 102). The form Athelyngton may have been influenced by the spellings for Allington par. infra . The same name survives in a different (perhaps more popular) form in South Admiston infra .