Spridlington
Major Settlement in the Parish of Spridlington
Historical Forms
- Sperlintone 1086 DB
- Sperlintona 1163 RAi
- Sperlinton' 1200 Cur 1202 FF 1204,1209 P 1219 Ass
- Sperlinctone 1086 DB
- Sperlinctona 1175–81,l12 Dane
- Sperlincton' 1218 Ass 1100 Abbr 1200 Cur
- Sperlinctone 1210–12 RBE
- Sperlingeton' 1201 Cur
- Spirlintuna 1146 RAi
- Spredelintone 1086 DB
- Spredelyngton' 1297 CoramR 1327 SR
- Spredlyngton' 1375 Peace 1428 FA
- Spritlingtuna c1115 LS
- Spritlyngton' 1374 Peace
- Spridlinctuna c1115 LS
- Spridlinctune eHy2 Dugdvi
- Spridlincton' c1200 RAiv
- Spridlinctun 1212 Fees
- Spridlington' 1185 P
- Spridlingtun' 1210–20 RAiv
- Spridlingtona 1256 HarlCh
- Spridlington' 1277 RRGr 1396 Peace 1440 Fine 1526 Sub
- Spridlyngton 1331 Ipm 1336 FF 1343 NI 1349 Pat 1355,1363 BPR 1372 Ipm 1502 et freq
- Sprydlyngton 1325 FA 1411 Cl 1431 FA 1446 Fine 1461,1535 VEiv 1559 Pat
- Spridelington 1226 FF 1254 ValNor 1263 FF 1265 Pat 1275 RH 1288 Ass 1308 Inqaqd 1316 FA 1353 Ipm
- Sprydelington 1260 Cl
- Sprydelyngton 1291 Tax 1332 SR 1428 FA
- Spridelyngton 1303 FA c1322 HarlCh 1325,1360,1374 Pat 1395 Peace 1418 FF
- Spridlinton Hy2 Dane 1249 RRG
- Spridlynton c1414 AASRxxix
- Sprillington' l12 RAii
Etymology
Ekwall (DEPN s.n) suggests that the first el. is an unrecorded OE pers.n. *Sprytel . The long list of forms here, however, suggests it is rather an unrecorded OE pers.n. *Sprēotel , which would be a nickname based on OE sprēot 'a pole, a spike, a spear'. The meaning of Spridlington would then be 'the farmstead, the village associated with, called after Sprēotel', from the medial connective particle -ing- 'associated with, called after' and OE tūn.