English Place-name Society

Survey of English Place-Names

A county-by-county guide to the linguistic origins of England’s place-names – a project of the English Place-Name Society, founded 1923.

Eton

Major Settlement in the Parish of Eton

Historical Forms

  • Ettone 1086 DB 1176 P 1202 Fines 1226 Bract 1238 Gross 1255 Ch
  • Eitun 1155 P
  • Eiton 1176 P 1211 Fines
  • Eton 1207 Fines 1208 Fees20 1229 Bract 1262 Ass 1312 Fine
  • Eyton 1211 Fines 1261 Ch
  • Eaton 1546 LP

Etymology

OE  ēg -tūn , 'island-farm.' It is almost surrounded by water.v. eg .

Places in the same Parish