Tredington
Major Settlement in the Parish of Tredington
Historical Forms
- Tredin(c)gtun 757 BCS183 11th BCS1320 12th
- Tyrdintun 964 BCS1135 12th
- Tredinctun 978 KCD620 11th DB 1086
- Tredintun 991 KCD676 11th WoC 1203–12 c.1250
- Tredinton c.1086 EveA&B 1190 Fees38 1208 SR 1275
Etymology
'Tyrdda's farm,' v. ingtun . This would seem to be made clear by the statement in BCS 183 that the land had the same boundaries as the land held before by 'comes Tyrdda.' The relation of the Tyrd - and Tred - forms is not however clear. Tyrd - should have yielded later Tryd -, Trud - rather than Tred -, and it may be that the form Tyrdintun is really an alternative for the usual Tredington , due to the fact that the estate was associated with one Tyrdda at one stage in its history. On the other hand, it should be noted that, apart from the OE pers. name Tredewudu , there is no evidence of the possibility of such a name as Treda in OE except in the not very distant Tredington (Gl).It may be that the forms of that name have influenced those of the Worcestershire name. In the bounds of Shipston-on-Stour in Heming (347), where they begin to be common to Shipston and Tredington, there is a reference to Tordeland .It is tempting to think that there is some etymological connexion with Tyrdintun which is quite possible if we take Torde to be an 11th cent. spelling for Turde from Tyrdan .