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.

Balderton

Major Settlement in the Parish of Balderton

Historical Forms

  • Baldretune, Baldretone 1086 DB
  • Baldreton 1287 Ass 1291 Tax
  • Baldriton t.Hy2 RegAntiq
  • Baldertun 1154–69 Ch 1327
  • Balderton(a) 1175 P 1176 RegAntiq c.1190 Dane
  • Baldirton(a) 1277 Ch 1291 Tax 1293 Ipm 1316 FA 1322 FF
  • Baudert' c.1200 LincolnDandC
  • Bauderton' 1201 Cur
  • Bauderton vulgo Bodderton 1675 Ogilby

Etymology

'Bealdhere 's farm,' v. tun . The name may be one of the common Nottinghamshire examples of omission of genitival s or it may represent an earlier Bealdheringtun , v. ingtun .