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Survey of English Place-Names

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Woodeaton

Major Settlement in the Parish of Woodeaton

Historical Forms

  • Etone 1086 DB
  • Etona c.1140–60,1307 Eynsh
  • Wode Eton' 1204 Cur 1316 FA
  • Eton' 1205 Cur
  • Wodetona 1213–18 Eynsh 1428 FA
  • Wode-Etona late13th Os
  • Wudectona 1167 P
  • Wudeetun' 1185 RR
  • Wdeetona 1192 Eynsh
  • Wudeetone 1205 FF
  • Wodeeton' 1254–5 RH
  • Wde-eatona c.1170–90 Eynsh
  • Wdeatone 1191–1205 Eynsh
  • Wodeatona 1222 Os
  • Wdhetona 1199 Eynsh
  • Wodeheton 1219 FF 1278–9 RH
  • Widiaton' 1204 Cur
  • Wodethona 1264–5 Eynsh
  • Wodethone 1268,9,1270 Eynsh

Etymology

'tūnby a river,' v. ēa . 'Wood' has been added for distinction from Water Eaton 266, cf. Woodperry and Waterperry 188, 192.

Places in the same Parish