Sodington Hall
Early-attested site in the Parish of Mamble
Historical Forms
- Suðintun c.957 BCS1007 11th KCD952 c.1050 11th
- Sudtone 1086 DB
- Sudinton(a) 1173 P 1255 Ass
- Sutintone 1203 RBE 1235 Fees527
- Suthington 1234 FF
- Sodintone, Sodynton 1275 SR 1359 Ipm
- Soudington 1305 Cl
- Sodington 1327 SR 1431 FA 1458 BM
- Sydynton, Syddington 1425 IpmR 1499 Ipm
- Shillington, Shellington 1547 Pat 1551 Pat
- Sodington al. Syllington 1591 BM
- Sodington al. Sullington 1611 WillsP
Etymology
The history of this name, together with that of Suddington in Ombersley, Sinton in Grimley, Leigh Sinton in Leigh, Sindon's Mill in Suckley infra 82, has already been given in PN BedsHu 109, where on the evidence of this and other names given by Mr Houghton it was shown that there was a common type of OE name Sūðingatūn , 'farm of the dwellers in the south,' which could readily be applied to a settlement in the south of any particular district. The form Sydynton has its parallel in the regular Siddington (Ch, Gl) from the same word, while for those with l we may compare those given for Sinton in Grimley infra 128.The DB form here, like the early form Suðtun (BCS 386) for Sinton, suggests that there was an alternative form for the name of the more usual type.