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.

Deddington

Major Settlement in the Parish of Deddington

Historical Forms

  • Dædintun 1050–2 KCD950 13th
  • Dadintone 1086 DB 1428 FA
  • Daddinton' 1242–3 Fees
  • Dedinton' c.1160 Eynsh 1195 P
  • Dadingtone 1227 FF 1526 LS
  • Datinton' 1235–6 Fees 1246–7 Ass
  • Deydyngton 1580 AD

Etymology

'Dǣda 's farm,' v. ingtūn . Dǣda is the same name as that which appears as Deda in Bede's Ecclesiastical History.