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.

Alvington

Major Settlement in the Parish of Alvington

Historical Forms

  • Eluinton' 1220 Fees
  • Elvyngton 1554 FF
  • Aluinton(e), Alvinton(e), Alvynton(e) 1221,1248 Ass 1276 Ch c.1270 For 1445 BledCt
  • Alvington(e), Alvyngton(e) c.1340 For 1355 Heref 1662 Comm
  • Alwinton', Alwintune 1221 Ass 1282 For
  • Alfinton 1228 Cl
  • Alveton 1265 Ch
  • Elueton' 1398 Ass
  • Alintone c.1270 For
  • Ayllington 1291 Tax
  • Aluenton' 1287 Ass
  • Ayluyngton 1320 Ass

Etymology

The first el. could be the OE  pers.n. Ælf (a ) with -ing4 and tūn , but the Alwin - spellings point rather to OE  Ælfwine (in an uninflected form) or the OE  fem. Ælfwynn .