Old Hall olim Sheddon
Early-attested site in the Parish of Mistley
Historical Forms
- Sciddinchov 1086 DB
- Schiddinchou 1296 BM
- S(c)hed(d)ing(e)ho(o) near Misteleye 1221,1279 FF 1301 AddCh
- S(c)hed(d)ing(e)ho(o) alias Chedynghoo 1562 FF
- Schedingley 1309 ADi
- Sed(d)ing(e)ho 1235 Ass 1274 RH
- Sedyngho ib.
- Sheningho 1238 Cl
- Chedingho 1262 Abbr
- Old(e)hall(e) 1394 Ct 1453 FF 1474 ADii 1545 LP
- Manytre(e) alias Shodinghoe t.Hy8 EAxi
- Shodinghoe alias Schidinghoo 1540 LP
- Sheddon or Sharing Hall 1768 M
Etymology
This is a difficult name, but the probabilities are that it is from OE scyddinga-ho , 'hill of the shed-dwellers,' v. hoh . For scydd v. PN Sx 117–18, 132 s. nn. Limbo and Gunshot, and Puckshot (PN Sr 206).