Eaton Bray
Major Settlement in the Parish of Eaton Bray
Historical Forms
- Eiton(a) 1086 DB 1130 P 1286 Dunst
- Eitun 1156 P
- Æiton 1159 P
- Etton 1164 P
- Ehton 1166 P
- Eyton 1220 LS 1240 Ass 1247 Ass 1491
- Eton 1241 Cl 1330 Ipm 1338 Cl 1490 Ipm
Etymology
'River-farm' (v. eg ). Eaton Bray is a district with numerous small streams and eg must be used in the wider sense of land well watered rather than of an actual island, as is fairly common in place-names. The feudal addition belongs to the 15th cent. when (in 1490) the manor was granted to Sir Reginald Bray (cf. VCH iii. 371).
Places in the same Parish
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