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.

Water Eaton

Major Settlement in the Parish of Water Eaton

Historical Forms

  • Etone 1086 DB 1232 Fees 1247 Ass 1469 BM
  • Ettone 1185 RotDom 1284 FA
  • Wattar Yeton 1534 LP

Etymology

'River-farm' v. ea , tun .

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Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site