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.

Enton and Great Enton

Early-attested site in the Parish of Witley

Historical Forms

  • Enyton 1309 FF c.1340 SACxxiii 1340,1373,1483 Loseley 1603 FF
  • Eniton 1332 AddCh
  • Eneton 1332 SR 1344 Loseley
  • Enyngton 1377,1386 Loseley
  • Enyton al. Enton 1647 Recov

Etymology

The forms are too late for any certainty to be possible. OE  Eni is on record as a personal name, and this name may be for Eningtun , 'Eni 's farm,' v. ingtun .