Elton
Major Settlement in the Parish of Elton
Historical Forms
- Æþelingtun, Æilintun 972–92 BCS1130 12th
- Adelintune 1086 DB
- Aethelyngtone 1123–36 Rams c.1350
- Ailincton Hy2 BM
- Adelington 1199 Cur
- Ail(l)inton 1207 P 1209 For
- Ayl(l)ington, Aylyngton 1215 FF 1244 Rams c.1350 Ass 1260 ADiv 1267–85 FF 1285 NI 1291 ADi 13th ADv 1304 FA 1316 Cl 1327 FF 1355
- Eylinton 1227 Ass
- Elinton 1227 Ass
- Aylingeton 1248 FF
- Athelinton, Ethelintun 1253 BM
- Eylington 1260 Ass
- Alyngton 1288,1295 FF 1392 BM 1501 Ipm
- Alynton 1303 Orig
- Aylyngton al. Aileton 1517 BM
- Aylton, Ailton 1535 VE 1539,1549 BM 1593 FF
Etymology
'Æðel's farm' v. ingtun , Æþel being a shortened form of one of the numerous OE pers. names in Æðel -.