Bladderwick Field
Early-attested site in the Parish of Tydd St Giles
Historical Forms
- Blad(e)wicke 1618 AddCh
- Bladderwicke Field c.1840 TA
Etymology
Bladderwick Field (6″) is Blad (e )wicke 1618AddCh , Bladderwicke Field c. 1840TA . We may compare Blarewyke 1316–51Spinney , Blathyrwyke , Blatherwyke 1377, 1395 ib., Bladerwyk 1430 ib. (in Isleham) and Blatherwycke (PN Nth 156), where it is suggested that the first element may be OE blæd (d )re , ME blather , blether , 'bladder,' from some plant-name such as bladder-wort , bladder-fern or bladder-campion .In PN Wa xlvi, the suggestion of Mansion is cited, that a personal name Bladra is possible, but the threefold occurrence of the element compounded with wīc makes this unlikely.