Survey of English Place-Names

Historical Forms

• Eddevetone 1086 DB

• Edevetona 1101–18 France

• Ediuetona 1167,1168 P

• Ediuatona 1167 ib

• Edyueton' 1241 Ass

• Edineton', Edinetona 1147 Frid c.1315

• Edineton' 1220 Fees

• Edeneton' 1314 Frid c.1425

• Edinton' 1195 FF

• Edyngtone 1428 FA

• Edynton Pounde 1552–3 DL

• Edington Pound 1591 ib

• Eddington 1761 Rocque

Etymology

'Ēadgifu's farm', v. tūn . Ēadgifu is a woman's name. The boundary-mark Eadgife gemære 984 (c. 1240) KCD 1282, 1050 (c. 1240) ib 792, 'Ēadgifu's boundary', is in this area, but cannot be associated with Eddington, v. Pt 3. Confusion between n and u in the spelling of the name may have contributed to its development into the modern form.