Bletchingdon
village · Oxfordshire
Old EnglishSurmised
Suggested2 sources · historical forms · name elements
Bletchingdon is thought to mean 'Bletcha's settlement'. It is an Old English personal name combined with the term for a farmstead or village.
Word origins
- Bletcha
- Old Englishpersonal name(from Bletcha "personal name")
- ing
- Old Englishbelonging to(from ing "belonging to, people of")
- dūn
- Old Englishhill(from dūn "hill, down")
Historical forms
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