Tadley
county:
coords:
Hampshire
SU6061
otherwise: tadanleage; taddanleage, 909-12; Taddele, 1205
TADLEY
Mention of toads (Old English 'tadige' or a possible hypothetical short form 'tadda') suggests that 'leah' here be interpreted as 'meadow, pasture' rather than 'wood/clearing'. The matter is more open if the first element is the same word used as a man's name (cf 'Tadlow' (Buckinghamshire). If the first form is good Old English, the personal name interpretation is better, because it is a genitive singular form. One toad is hardly likely to give rise to a place name like this.
Shown on an old map by Harrison 1788
- settlement, village - Overton Hundred - Hampshire
Period - 1780s
Shown on an old map by Morden 1695
- settlement, hamlet - Overton Hundred - Hampshire
Period - 1690s-1720s
Shown on an old map by Blaeu 1645
- settlement, village - Overton Hundred - Hantshire
Shown on an old map by Speed 1611
- settlement, village - Overton Hundred - Hantshire
Shown on an old map by Norden 1607
- settlement, village - Overton Hundred - Hamshire
Period - 1590s-1600s
Shown on an old map by Keer 1620
- Southampton
Shown on an old map by Saxton 1575
- settlement, village - Southamtoniae
