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.

Boddington

Major Settlement in the Parish of Boddington, Upper and Lower

Historical Forms

  • Botendon(e) 1086 DB 1235 Fees
  • Bottendun c.1190 Magd
  • Bottendon 1209–18 WellsR 1217 ADiii 1220 Fees 1245 WellsR
  • Bottindon 1227 FF
  • Botindon, Botyndon 1199 FF 1368 Cl
  • Botintun' 1209 Seld13
  • Uvrebotindon 1261 Ass
  • Ovre Botingden 1289 Cl
  • Bottelendon 12th Survey
  • Budinton 1244 Cl
  • Bodynton 1309 Ch
  • Botyngdon 1358 Ipm
  • Botyngdoun 1396 Cl
  • Botyngton 1428 FA

Etymology

'Bōta 's hill,' v. dun .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site