Durrington
Major Settlement in the Parish of Durrington
Historical Forms
- Derintone 1086 DB
- Derinton c.1160 StOsmund 1179 P
- Derington 1281 QW 1365 Pat
- Deryngton 1388 Cl 1432 FF
- Durenton(a) 1178 BM t.Hy2 Ch 1270
- Durinton(a) 1190 P 1332 SR
- Durinton(a) juxta Ambresbury 1319 FF
- Duryngton 1291 Tax 1398 Cl
- Durryngton 1522 SR
- Dorington 1281 Ass
- Doerinton 1284 FF
- Diryngton 1389,1399 Pat
- Dir(r)ington 1675 Ogilby
- Hinedurintone t.Hy2 Ch 1270
- Hindorinton t.John Dugdii
- Kingderinton (sic) 1286 Ch
- Indurynton 1299 Inqaqd
- Indurinton 1301 Pat
- Hyndryngton 1447 IpmR
Etymology
'Dēora 's farm,' v. ingtun . Hindurrington seems to be a name for a lost place in the parish, from OE higna, 'monastic or other household.' Cf. Hindon supra 191. It probably represented the holding of the nuns of Amesbury (cf. 1270 Ch).