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.

Buddington

Early-attested site in the Parish of Wiston

Historical Forms

  • Bodingetona 1073 France
  • Bodyngton c.1218 RegGodstow
  • Bodington 1578 SRS3,112
  • Buddingeton 1438 Sele

Etymology

'Farm of the people of Buda or Boda ,' v . tun, ing.

Places in the same Parish

Major Settlement