Survey of English Place-Names

Historical Forms

• Abbelada, Abbelade 1190,1191–2 P 1200 Glouc

• Abbelode 1210 Glouc 1248 Ass 1263–84 Glouc 1287 Ass 1412 Glouc

• curiam de Abbilade 1210 Glouc

• Abbylode 1287 Ass

• Abilade 1216–18 Glouc 1276 RH

• Abylode 1267 Glouc

• Ablode 1412 GloucHist 1515 Glouc 1589 Dep

• Ablode(s) Corte 1606 Dep

Etymology

'Abba's river-crossing', from the OE  pers.n. Abba and (ge)lād, a crossing of the Severn near its division into the East and West Channels; cf. Lower Lode 65supra . The medial -i - in some early spellings is a vestige of OE  ge - (cf. Phonol. § 50). The court is a large house.