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.

Acton Hall

Early-attested site in the Parish of Hamfallow

Historical Forms

  • Eggetuna, Eggethon, Eggeton(e) 1200–10,1220–30 Berk 1255 FF 1269 Ass 1305 MinAcct 1321 FF
  • Egginton' 1221 Ass 1345 Ipm
  • Egeton(e) 1248 Ass 1259 FF 1270 Berk 1429 Pat
  • Hegketon' 1305 MinAcct
  • Eketone 1365 Ipm
  • Acton 1516 MinAcct 1590 FF 1638 InqM
  • Acton Hall 1830 M

Etymology

'Ecga's farmstead', v. tūn ; some spellings have traces of the connective -ing 4 . The OE  pers.n. Ecga is also found in the lost Agham (infra ).