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.

Abdy

Early-attested site in the Parish of Wath upon Dearne

Historical Forms

  • Abbedi in Bramton, Lehabedi, Abedi 13 Brett
  • Abdy(e) 1345 YDvi,63 1379 PT 1535 VE 1822 Langd

Etymology

Abdy, Abbedi in Bramton , Lehabedi , Abedi 13 Brett, Abdy (e )1345 YD vi, 63, 1379 PT (p), 1535 VEet freq to 1822 Langd. ME  abbodie (from OFr  abadie , Lat  abbatia ) 'property belonging to an abbey'.Both Monk Bretton and Roche owned land in the neighbourhood.

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name