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.

Bainton

Early-attested site in the Parish of Stoke Lyne

Historical Forms

  • Baditone 1086 DB
  • Badint' c.1200 AOMB
  • Badinton' 1212 Cur 1278–9 RH
  • Badintun' Purcel 1220 Fees
  • Badington' 1240–1 Ass
  • Badington 1268 Ass
  • Bathintone 1241 FF
  • Badigton' 1278–9 RH
  • Beynton 1316 FA 1517 DInc
  • Baynton 1329 Ipm
  • Baynton' 1480 Frid
  • Baynton coppice c.1840 TA

Etymology

'Bada 's farm,' v. ingtūn . Identical with Bainton, PN Nth 229.Agnes and Matilda Purcel are the tenants of Otuel de Purcel here 1278–9 RH.

Places in the same Parish