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Survey of English Place-Names

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Leaden Roding

Major Settlement in the Parish of Leaden Roding

Historical Forms

  • ecclesiam de Roinges quae vocatur Ledenechirche c.1100 Dugdv 13th
  • Roying(es), Roing(es) Plumbata, Roing(es) la Plumme, Roing(es) la Plumbee, Roing(es) la Plome 1238 SR 1248–55 Ass
  • Lede(i)neroing(es), Rohinges, -rochyngg 1247–51 Cl
  • Royinch Plumne 1274 RH
  • Rothing(g) Plumbum, Rothing(g) Plumbea, Rothing(g) Plumbi 1303–1428 FA
  • Ledene Rothyng(ge), Ledyn Rothyng(ge) 1329 Londin 1389 Pat

Etymology

v. Roding supra 490–1. Said to be called Leaden because the church was the first in the district to be roofed with lead (M ii, 472). Cf. Leadenhall (London).

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name