Lidington History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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Early Origins of the Lidington family

The surname Lidington was first found in Rutland at Liddington, a parish, in the union of Uppingham, hundred of Wrandike. 1 This ancient Saxon village dates back to 940 when it was first known as Lidentune. By the time of the Domesday Book of 1086, the parish was known as Ledenstone 2 and literally meant "farmstead on the noisy stream," from the Old English words "hylde" + "tun." 3

There is another Liddington in Wiltshire, but this parish is much more recent, but "on Beacon Hill was a large circular work, called Liddington Castle." 1 The Hundredorum Rolls of 1273 list Tenentes Lidinton in Rutland. The same rolls listed Fulco de Lydinton in Oxfordshire.

Kirby's Quest listed Thomas de Ledintone in Somerset temp. 1 Edward III. 4 Robert de Liddinton was found in Oxfordshire, temp. Henry III-Edward I. 5 Also in Oxfordshire, Robert de Lidinton was listed there in the Pipe Rolls of 1204. Henry de Lidi'gtun was listed in the Pipe Rolls of Lincolnshire in 1230. A few years later, William de Lydyngton was found in Yorkshire in 1300. 6

Early History of the Lidington family

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Lidington Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Liddington, Lidington, Lidinton, Liddinton, Lydington and many more.

Early Notables of the Lidington family

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Migration of the Lidington family

Some of the first settlers of this family name or some of its variants were: Humphrey Lyddington, who came to Virginia in 1673; and E. Liddington, who arrived at San Francisco in 1860.

Citations +

Lewis, Samuel, A Topographical Dictionary of England. Institute of Historical Research, 1848, Print.
Williams, Dr Ann. And G.H. Martin, Eds., Domesday Book A Complete Translation. London: Penguin, 1992. Print. (ISBN 0-141-00523-8)
Mills, A.D., Dictionary of English Place-Names. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1991. Print. (ISBN 0-19-869156-4)
Dickinson, F.H., Kirby's Quest for Somerset of 16th of Edward the 3rd London: Harrison and Sons, Printers in Ordinary to Her Majesty, St, Martin's Lane, 1889. Print.
Bardsley, C.W, A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames: With Special American Instances. Wiltshire: Heraldry Today, 1901. Print. (ISBN 0-900455-44-6)
Reaney, P.H and R.M. Wilson, A Dictionary of English Surnames. London: Routledge, 1991. Print. (ISBN 0-415-05737-X)