Didmarton
Major Settlement in the Parish of Didmarton
Historical Forms
- Dydimeretune 972 BCS1282 10th
- Dedmertone 1086 DB
- Dedemarton c.1400 Surv
- Dutm'tona 1183 AC
- Dudmerton' 1220 Cur 1248 Ass 1261 Misc 1498 Ipm
- Dudm'ton 1274 RH
- Dudmarton 1314 Ipm
- Dodemarton' 1220 Fees 1291 Tax
- Dodemarton' als. Didmarton 1420 IpmR
- Dodemerton 1325 Misc 1327 SR
- Dodmerton(e) 1323 MinAcct 1374 Ipm
- Dudemarton' 1221 Ass
- Dudemerton' c.1270 For 1295 Ipm Ed3 Surv 1489 FF
- Didmarton, Dydmarton 1380 Rent
- Dydmerton 1408 Ipm 1535 VE 1675 Ogilby
- Dymerton 1659 ParlSurv
Etymology
'Dydda's boundary-farmstead', v. (ge)ǣre, tūn with the OE pers.n. Dyd (d )a ; like Rodmarton (i, 105supra ) and Tormarton (56infra ), the parish is on the Wiltshire boundary. On the pers.n. Dyd (d )a cf. Dittenham (i, 25supra ).