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.

Teddington

Major Settlement in the Parish of Teddington

Historical Forms

  • tudintún 969 Crawford c.1100
  • Tudingtune c.1000 WAM 13th
  • (æt) Tudincgatunæ c.970 BCS1174
  • Tudinton 1198 FF 1235,1274 Ass
  • Tudynton 1298 FF
  • Todinton 1274 Ass
  • Todynton 1316 FA 1336 Orig
  • Tudington 1274 Ass
  • T(h)odyngton 1341 NI 1443 FF
  • Tuddington 1593 BM 1618 ParReg(Brentford)
  • Tedinton 1294 QW
  • Tedyngton 1428 FA
  • Tedington 1686 M
  • Teddington 1754 R

Etymology

'Tuda 's farm,' v. ingtun . For the modern vowel cf. Tedfold (PN Sx 150) and Introd. xvii.

Places in the same Parish