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.

Addington

Major Settlement in the Parish of Addington

Historical Forms

  • Eddintone 1086 DB
  • Eddenton 1179 P
  • Edinton(e) 1086 DB 1199 FF 1291 Tax
  • Edintun' 1212 Fees
  • Aedintona t.Hy2 Deed
  • Adingeton 1203 Cur
  • Adinton 1219 Fees 1330 Ipm
  • Adington 1247 FF 1304,1323 Ipm
  • Adyngton 1259 Ass 1544 LP
  • Addyngton 1504 Ipm 1535 VE

Etymology

'Æddi 's farm,' v. ingtun . No doubt this was the same man who gave name to the neighbouring Addiscombe in Croydon, v. infra 49.