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Summary

'ETINGEDENE' RECORDED IN DOMESDAY. THE MANY SUBSEQUENT VERSIONS OF THE NAME INCLUDE 'YETINGDEN' (1243), 'GETTENDON' (1195), 'JATINGDEN' (1232), 'WATINDEDEN' (1236). THE ORIGIN OF THE NAME IS UNCERTAIN BUT IS PROBABLY 'VALLEY OF THE PEOPLE OF GEAT'.

Associated Legal Designations or Protected Status

• Conservation Area: Yattendon

Other Statuses and Cross-References

• Berkshire SMR No. (pre 2000): 02403.01.000
  

Monument Type(s):

• VILLAGE (Early Medieval/Dark Age - 410 AD to 1065 AD)

Full Description

Gelling suggests that the placename probably means 'valley of the people of Geat', although the current village of Yattendon is on a plateau. Possibly the valley referred to could be that which rises from the river Pang, west of the village <1>.

Greenaway <2> notes that the 'inga' place name element indicates an early Saxon settlement, though not the earliest. The settlement may have been a simple farm or group of houses in a hollow.

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