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Priddy is a village in Somerset, England in the Mendip Hills, close to East Harptree and north-west of Wells. It is in the local government district of Mendip. The village lies in a small hollow near the summit of the Mendip range of hills, at an elevation of nearly above sea-level, and has evidence of occupation since neolithic times.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=The Southern Regions )〕 There are also the remains of lead mining activities〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Lead mining on the Mendip Hills )〕 and caves in the limestone beneath the village. It is the venue for the annual (Folk Festival ) and (Sheep Fair ), which has been held here since 1348. == Etymology == Priddy, with medieval variations of spellings such as Predy, Priddie, Pridi, Pridia, Pridie and Prydde, is a name that has been ascribed to the Welsh influence that pre-dated the arrival of the Saxon English. It has been particularly attributed to pridd (= "earth"). This might be suggestive of the Iron Age mining activities. The Latin words pratum (= a meadow) and praedium (= a farm) have given rise to such Alpine names as Preda and Prada and it has been suggested that they are also the root for the cymric words prydd, pryddion meaning "production", as with a fertile meadow. "Priddy" could just mean "meadow land". An alternative explanation is 'The high water' from the Celtic ''prid'' and the Old English ''ea'', and another alternative suggests it could come from the Welsh word preiddiau, pronounced preidhye, meaning flock or herd. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Priddy」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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