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.

Wallington

Major Settlement in the Parish of Wallington

Historical Forms

  • Waletona juxta Mordon 1076–84 Crispin
  • Waleton(e) 1086 DB 1154 RBE 1169,1172 P 1175–88 BM 1373 IpmR
  • Waleton(e) juxta Kersaulton 1323 Ass
  • Walton 1227–44 Ch
  • Wallyngton 1377 FF
  • Walyngton 1387 FF
  • Wallington al. Waleton 1713 Recov

Etymology

'Farm of the serfs or Britons,' v. wealh , tun . By Carshalton to distinguish it from Walton-on-Thames, with which name it is identical in origin. The ington -form would seem to be an entirely late development.

Places in the same Parish

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