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.

Avington

Early-attested site in the Parish of Kintbury

Historical Forms

  • Avintone 1086 DB
  • Avintona 1167 P 1284 Ass
  • Auntona 1167 P
  • Hauintona 1219 Fees
  • Auentun' 1242–3 ib
  • Avienton 1275–6 RH
  • Auenton' 1284 Ass
  • Avington 1294 Ch
  • Avyngton 1311 Ipm 1336 Cl

Etymology

'Estate associated with Afa', v. ingtūn ; the same name occurs in Ha (DEPN).

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement