Rettendon
Major Settlement in the Parish of Rettendon
Historical Forms
- (æt) Rettendun(e) c.1000 ASWills 11th Ipm 1253
- Rettindon 1202 Abbr
- Radendunam 1086 DB
- Rattenduna 1086 InqEl
- Ratendune c.1200 KCD907 10th,1042–66(12th) LibEl
- Ratendunā 1086 DB, InqEl
- Ratendon 1239 FF
- Ratindon 1248 Ass 1251 Pap 1276 FF
- Retendon(e) 1227–44 FF
- Retindon(e) 1241 For 1242 FF t.Ed1 MinAcct 1480–3 ECP
- Retingdon, Retyngdon 1290 Ass 1349 Cl 1361 FF
- Retingden or Reytington 1594 N
- Ratingdon 1285 MinAcct
- Ratyngdon 1332,1334 Londin
- Rotyngdon 1285 Ass 1348 Pat
- Rotyndon 1285 Ass 1558 FF
- Rottendon (Rettendon) alias Rockendon 1604,1605 EAvii,viii
- Redingdon 1290 Ass
- Redyndon 1353 Pat
- Rytyngdon 1542 FF
- Reckenden, Reckenden Common t.Eliz ChancP 1703 EssPRii
Etymology
This name must remain an unsolved problem. The second element is dun. No satisfactory suggestion can be made as to the first element.