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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.

Quiddlewell Mount

Early-attested site in the Parish of Hooe

Historical Forms

  • Quiddleswell 1630 DeedsEnrolled 1641 SRS14,15

Etymology

Quiddlewell Mount (6″) is Quiddleswell 1630Deeds Enrolled , 1641 SRS 14, 15. Perhaps this is from a nickname identical with the obscure quiddle used in New England of a fastidious person, v. NEDs. v .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Major Settlement