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.

Partington

Major Settlement in the Parish of Bowdon

Historical Forms

  • Partinton 1260 Court
  • Partynton 1321 Plea
  • Partington, Partyngton 1417,1443 ChRR
  • Pertinton 1309 InqAqd
  • Pertyngton 1422 AddCh

Etymology

'Farm associated with Pearta', from an OE  pers.n. Pearta and -ingtūn. The pers.n. appears only in p.ns., cf. Partney L (DEPN), Pertenhall BdHu 17.

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site