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Poddington Family History

Poddington Surname Meaning

From Podington (Beds) Puddington (Devon Cheshire) or Putton in Chickerell (Dorset) which is recorded as Podinton in 1327. The Beds and Dorset place-names derive from the Old English personal name Puda or Poda + Old English connective -ing- + tūn ‘farmstead estate’.

The Devon and Cheshire place-names derive from the Old English personal name Put(t)a + connective ing + tūn.

Source: The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland, 2016


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