Liddington
Major Settlement in the Parish of Liddington
Historical Forms
- at Lidentune 940 BCS754 13th
- Lidetona, Lidetone 1156 RegMalm 1166 RBE
- Lidinton 1205 FineR
- Lydington 1279 Ass
- Lyddenton 1592 FF
- Ledentone 1086 DB 1377 Pat
- Ludinton 1242 Fees 1394 Ass
- Ludinton juxta Wambergh 1334 Ass
- Ludyngton 1321 Ass 1341 NI 1366 Cl 1367 FF
- Luddington 1636 Sadler
Etymology
In BCS 754 the stream here is referred to in the phrases (on ), (anlang ) lyden and in BCS 479 in (andlang ) Hlydan , (innan ) hlydan æwylmas . This is from OE hlȳde , 'loud one,' found elsewhere in England as a stream-name. Cf. RN 272–3 and Lid Brook supra 8. Hence 'farm on the Hlȳde ,' v. tun .