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.

Poden

Early-attested site in the Parish of Church Honeybourne

Historical Forms

  • Poddenho 709 BCS125 c.1200 Ch 1251
  • Podeho c.1190 EveA 1256 Pat
  • Poddeho 1275 SR
  • Podone c.1306 ChronEve
  • Podenho 1327 SR 1340 NI
  • Powden 1535 VE 1545 LP

Etymology

'Podda's hoh ,' with later loss of suffix, cf. Podmore (St). It is easy enough to find a mor and a hamm here but there is no hoh except to the north-east of the site of the present farm.

Places in the same Parish

Major Settlement