Peldon
Major Settlement in the Parish of Peldon
Historical Forms
- (at) Piltendone c.950 ASWills 14th
- (æt) Peltandune c.975,c.1000(11th) ib
- Peltendunā 1086 DB
- Peltenden' 1230 P
- Peltendone 1237 Colch
- Peltidone, Peltyndone 1202 Civil 1303 FA
- Peltedon' 1205 Cur
- Peltidune 1217 ADii
- Poltedon' 1205 Cur
- Pultondon 1285 Ass
- Poldon 1418 Pap
- Peldinden', Peldingdon' 1230 P
- Peldyngton 1393 Cl
- Peltingdon(e), Pyltingdon(e) 1280 Ipm 1428 FA
- Pel(e)don 1285 Ass 1457 Pap
- Pel(e)doun 1393 Cl
- Pelledon 1341 NI
- Pelden in le Plaish 1553 Pat
- Pylton t.Ed3 FA
- Pelton 1527 FF
Etymology
Possibly 'Pylta 's hill,' v. dun . Pylta would be an unrecorded personal name from OE pyltan , 'to thrust, drive,' ME pelten , pilten , pulten . Alternatively, as the hill thrusts itself up in a remarkable way, at least for Essex, with marshland on three sides, the suggested adjective pylta may actually be descriptive of the hill. in le Plaish , i.e. in the marshland. v. plæsc .