Eggington
Major Settlement in the Parish of Eggington
Historical Forms
- Ekendon 1195 FF 1234 Dunst 13th Ass 1276 SR 1297
- Ekyndon, Ekindon 1276 Ass 1341 BHRSviii.26
- Egynton 1304 Pat
Etymology
'Oak-grown hill' with the same adj. ǣcen , that was found in the lost Ekeney (PN Bk 37). Such a development of medial k to g is fairly common and is fully illustrated in PN Bk 83, s. n. Bragenham.