Footland Fm
Early-attested site in the Parish of Sedlescombe
Historical Forms
- Fodilant 1086 DB
- Fodiland(e) c.1180 Pens 1210–12 RBE 1291 Tax
- Fodylonde 1377 Pens
- Fudiland(e) 1195,c.1197,1198 Pens 1293 Ch
- Fudlond 1535 VE
Etymology
This name would seem to contain the same pers. element as Foddington (So), DBFodintona , found perhaps in a diminutive form in the field-name Fodelindenne (1210) in Sussex. No such pers. name is known but it might be associated with OE fōda , 'food,' which in ME is used in the sense 'race, offspring.' The full form must originally have been Fōdingland , i.e. 'Foda's land.' The u -forms are difficult to explain.