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.

Putteridge Bury

Early-attested site in the Parish of Offley

Historical Forms

  • Puderig' 1207 Cur
  • Puderugge 1240 FF
  • Pudderug' 1208 ib
  • Pudderigge 1248 Ass
  • Puterugge 1287 ib
  • Poterugg 1346 FA
  • Potryggebury 1393 FF
  • Putrechesbury 1411 Ch
  • Potherugge 1303 FA 1346 BM
  • Poutherigge 1305 Ch
  • Potheriggebury 1365 BM
  • Potheryggehay 1394 Ass

Etymology

Probably 'Puda 's ridge,' cf. Potheridge (PN D 100). For bury , v. burh (manorial) and infra 243.