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Piddletrenthide

village · Dorset

Old EnglishAI-generated

Piddletrenthide is named after the river Piddle, combined with the Old English 'þrēo hyda', meaning 'three hides' (a hide being a unit of land). It refers to a settlement of three hides by the river Piddle.

Word origins

Piddle
Pre-CelticName of the river
þrēo hyda
Old Englishthree hides (unit of land)(from *þrīe hida "three hides")

Historical forms

Pidele · Pidele Trentehide