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.

Adlington

Major Settlement in the Parish of Prestbury

Historical Forms

  • Eduluintune 1086 DB
  • Adelvinton 1248 Ipm
  • Adelinton(e), Adelynton(e) 1252 RBE c.1270 Adl c.1280 Dow
  • Adelington(e), Adelyngton(e) c.1270 Adl 1287 Eyre
  • Adlinton, Adlynton 1286 Eyre 1316 Orm2
  • Adlington, Adlyngton 1337 Eyre 1362 BPR
  • Aldelyn(g)ton 1352 BPR

Etymology

'Ēadwulf's farm', from the OE  pers.n. Ēadwulf and -ingtūn.

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site