Survey of English Place-Names

Historical Forms

• (at) Vppidelen (rubric), (at) uppidele 966 ShaftR(BCS1186,S744) 15

• Pidrie 1086 DB(f.77b)

• Pidele cum triginta hidis

• Pudele 1332 SR

• Pidele Trentehydes 1212 Fees

• Pidele Trenthide 1386 Pat

• Pydetrentehide (sic) 1268 Ass

• Pyd(e)le Trent(e)hide 1288 1393,1422 Pat

• Pyd(e)le Trent(e)hyde 1389 HydeC 1408 Pat

• Pydel(e)trent(e)hide, Pydel(e)trent(e)hyde 1288 Ass 1325 Pat

• Pideltrenthith 1386 Pat

• Pideltrenthide 1403 Cl

• Pidelle Trenthyd(e) 1506 Winch

• Pydyll Trenthyd(e) 1510 Winch

• Pydell Trenthyd(e) 1537,1538 Winch

• Pyddell Trenhid 1542 ib

• Piddle Trented 1664 DCMDeed

• Piddle Trenthide 1870 Hutch3

• Pud(e)le Trent(e)hyde, Pud(e)le Trent(e)hide 1324 HarlCh 1340 NI 1386,1388,1394 1615 DuCo

• Pudeletrent(e)hide 1343,1360,1362 Pat 1368 Cl 1406 Winch

• Pudeletrenthude 1426 Weld1

• Pudeltrenthyde 1403 Pat 1461 Winch

• Pudeltrendhide 1403 Pat

• Pudeltrenthithe 1412 FA

• Pudelltrenthyd 1437 Winch

• Puddle Trenthyde 1647 SC

• Pedell(e) Trent(e)hide 1364 Pat 1509–47,1542 Winch

• Pedylltrenthede 1423 Weld1

• Pedel(l)trenthide, Pedel(l)trenthyde 1551,1557,1559 Winch

• Trentehide 1268,1288 Ass

• Trentehyda 1270 ChrP 1372

• Trentehyde 1291 Tax

• Trentehude 1428 FA

• Pydele Thryttyhide 1306 Ch

• Pudele thrittyhide 1314 FF

• Pudele Thrittehide 1316 Drew

• Pudele thryttyhide c.1325 GlastE

• Pudele Thryttyhide 1367 Pat

• Pudelthrntihide (sic, for Pudelthrutihide) 1342 Cl

• Pydelthrettyhide 1348 Cl

• Pudellethryttyhude 1416 Sher

• Pidelthirtihide 1447 Pat

• Pydeletrente (sic) 1324 Pat

• Pudelhide (sic) 1377 Pat

• New Inn 1939 Kelly

Etymology

One of the several places named from R. Piddle, cf. Affpuddle 1288, Piddlehinton 1309, Puddletown 1314, Tolpuddle 1331, Turners Puddle 1294, and for the river name v. RNs.infra . It is 'estate on the Piddle assessed at thirty hides' (the assessment of Pidrie in DB) from OFr  trente 'thirty' (alternating in the 14th and 15th centuries with ME  thritty (OE  þrittig) 'thirty') and ME  hide (OE  hīd). For the DB spelling with -r -, cf. Zachrisson ANInfl 142. The OE  forms (at ) Vppidelen , (at ) uppidele ('estate on the Piddle higher upstream', from OE  upp 'upper, higher up') are cited under Puddletown par. by Ekwall DEPN following Fägersten 175, and are identified with Piddlehinton by VCHDo 3 43, but they belong here: more particularly, the bounds of the land unit of ten hides confirmed in this charter apparently describe the northernmost of the three 'tithings' of Piddletrenthide, v. Grundy 5107–12. The 'tithings' are named as Higher , Lower and Middle in 1795 Boswell, 1838TA , and are earlier Decen (n )' Superior , Decen (n )' Inferior , Decen (n )' Media in 1506, 1509–47, 1537Winch , cf. Hutch3 4485: 'The parish is divided into three divisions, improperly called tithings.'

According to Hutch3 4 485, Piddletrendhide was also 'styled Collier 's Piddle from a family that flourished here many generations, as lessees to the abbey of Hide and Winchester College', also Colliers -Piddle 1774 Hutch1 2480: for further references to this family in Piddletrenthide v. Hutch3 4486–9 and cf. John Coliar , John Colyar (had a cottage) 1506Winch , Henry Colliar , John Coliar (had messuages) 1509–47Winch , Robert Colleir , ye house of Mr Rich ' Colleir , Julian Colyer (widow) 1664 HTax, and the TA f.n. Colliers Plot infra .