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Fiddington

hamlet · Gloucestershire

Old EnglishAI-generated

Fiddington is an Old English place name, likely meaning 'settlement of Fida's people'. It derives from the personal name 'Fida' and the suffix '-ingtun' indicating a settlement.

Word origins

Fidding
Old Englishpeople of Fida(from Fida "personal name", -ingas "people of")
ton
Old Englishsettlement, farmstead(from tun "settlement, farmstead")