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.

Loddington

Major Settlement in the Parish of Loddington

Historical Forms

  • Lvdintone 1086 DB
  • Ludinton' c.1130 LeicSurv 1206 P 1253 Cl 1265 Misc
  • Ludington 1248 Ch l.13 CustRo
  • Lodinton' c.1125 Dugd c.1130 LeicSurv Hy2 Dugd 1274 RGrav 1332 Cl
  • Lodintona Hy1 Dugd 1330 Nichols
  • Lodintone 1166 RBE 1220 MHW
  • Lodenton 1237 RGros
  • Lodynton 1346 Pap 1349 Inqaqd 1350 Pat
  • Lodington' c.1130 LeicSurv 1208 FF 1349 LCDeeds 1350 Peake
  • Lodingthon' l.13 ib
  • Lodyngton' c.1291 Tax 1294 Coram 1446 Wyg 1448 Peake 1535 VE 1541 Dugd
  • Loddington 1551 Ipm 1576 Saxton 1610 Speed

Etymology

'The village, estate associated with or called after a man named Luda', v. -ingtūn and Cossington supra . The pers.n. Luda is OE.