Edington
Major Settlement in the Parish of Edington
Historical Forms
- (æt) Eðandune 880–5 BCS553 c.1000
- Eþandun 878 ASC c.890
- Eðandun 957 BCS1347
- Ethandun c.1000 Asser
- Edendone 1086 DB
- Edendon(a) t.Hy3 Edington 1257 For
- Edindun 1236 FF
- Edyndon 1272 Misc
- Edindon(e) 1275 RH 1289 FF 1297 Pat
- Edynton 1361 FF
- Edyngdon(e) 1291 Tax 1327 SR 1392 Pat 1398 BM 1512 Rental
- Edyngdoun 1386 Cl
- Edyngton 1428 FA
- Eddington 1546 LP
Etymology
Ekwall (DEPN s. n .) takes the first element of this name to be the OE word ēþe , found once and cognate with ON auðr , OHG odi (German öde ). The sense would then be 'waste, bare or uncultivated hill or downland,' v. dun . The place lies just below the chalk downs of the Plain. The name may equally well be derived from the pers. name Ēda recorded in the 8th century.