English Place-name Society

Survey of English Place-Names

A county-by-county guide to the linguistic origins of England’s place-names – a project of the English Place-Name Society, founded 1923.

Eaton

Early-attested site in the Parish of Appleton with Eaton

Historical Forms

  • Eatune 811 BCS352 c.1200
  • Eatun 821 c.1200 ib
  • Eatone 1212 Fees
  • Eltune, Edtune 1086 DB
  • Ættuna quæ est proxima Cumenoræ Hy1 Abingdon c.1200
  • Etone 1220 Fees
  • Eton 1316 FA

Etymology

'Farm on a river', v. ēa , tūn , a common name which occurs twice in Berks. For Cumnor v. 445.