Redmarley D'Abitot
Major Settlement in the Parish of Redmarley D'Abitot
Historical Forms
- Reodemæreleage 963 BCS1109 11th
- Rydemæreleage 978 KCD619 11th
- Ridmerlege, Ridmarleye, Rydmereleye 1086 DB 1323 BM 1327 SR
- Rudmerlege, Rudmerley, Rudmarleye c.1086 EveA&B 1190 BM 1322
- Dabitot 1345 BM
Etymology
This is clearly a compound of OE hreod and mere and leah , the whole name denoting 'clearing by the reed-mere,' cf. Redmarley supra 86. The feudal addition is derived from the family of Urse d 'Abitot of whom, already in DB, two hides were held. The name Abitot probably derives from Abbetot in Normandy, a compound of NFr tot (= toft) and the pers. name Api or the common word æble , 'apple.' For mære , cf. the same form for mere in Layamon.