Survey of English Place-Names

Historical Forms

• Yeiton 1290 Ipm

• Eyton' 1299 P 1312 Plea

• Eyton' iuxta Multon 1313 Plea

• Eyton' by Davenham, Eyton' nigh Davenham 1351 AD 1669 Orm2

• Heyton 1481 Tab

• Eiton c.1536 Leland

• Eayton 1321 Orm2 18

• Ayton' 1354 Eyre

• Ayton' iuxte le Valroyal 1357 AddCh

• Ayton' alias Yeaton alias Eaton 1576 ChRR

• Yayton 1547,1561 ib

• Eton 1364 BPR c.1536 Leland

• Eaton 1378 Plea 1431 MidCh 1576 ChRR 1724 NotCestr

• Yeaton 1576 ChRR

• Yatton 1471,1486,1488 MinAcct

Etymology

'Farm by a river', v. tūn . The first el. is ēg 'water-meadow, land by a river', interchanging with ēa 'a river', cf. DEPN. The place is beside R. Weaver. Cf. E(a)ton 326 infra , 1 61, Vale Royal, Moulton 327, 207infra , Davenham 203supra .