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 .