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.

Baddington Mill

Early-attested site in the Parish of Stoke Prior

Historical Forms

  • Bedindone, Bedindona 1086 DB c.1086 EveB 1190 LP 1521,1531
  • Badington 1255 Ass
  • Baddington Mill 1649 Surv

Etymology

'Bǣda 's hill,' v. dun . The two elements are linked by the use of ing as in the ingtun-names.