In 1906 Sir Frederick Treves used Puddletown in Highways & Byways in Dorset—describing it as "the Town on the River Puddle" and a "curiously named place".
1906 verwendete Sir Frederick Treves Puddletown in Highways & Byways in Dorset und beschrieb den Ort als „the Town on the River Puddle“ und einen „Seltsam benannten Ort“ (curiously named place).