English Place-name Society

Survey of English Place-Names

A county-by-county guide to the linguistic origins of England’s place-names – a project of the English Place-Name Society, founded 1923.

Boddington

Major Settlement in the Parish of Boddington

Historical Forms

  • Botingtvne 1086 DB
  • Botintun', Botinton(e), Botynton(e) 1086 DB 12 Tewk75,82,83 1210–12 RBE 1212,1220 Fees 1237 Talbot 1247 Theok 1385 Ass
  • Botyngton(e) 1271 FF 1287 Ass
  • Butintune 1185 Templar
  • Boyton 1274 Ipm
  • Botin(g)don(e), Botyn(g)don(e) 1221 Ass 1262 Ipm 1287 Ass 1329 FF
  • Bodin(g)ton, Bodyn(g)ton 1248 FF 1303 FA 1314 Ipm 1323 GlR c.1560 Surv
  • Boddenton 1577 M
  • Boddyngton 1578 FF
  • Bodyn(g)don(e) 1314 Ipm 1488 Talbot

Etymology

'Farmstead associated with Bōta', v. -ing 4 , tūn ; the pers.n. is OE  Bōta . On the voicing of -t - to -d - cf. Phonol. § 40 (a ).