Elton
Early-attested site in the Parish of Welford
Historical Forms
- Elfledestona c.1130 OxfordCharters
- Alflintona 1220–32 Os
- Alfyntona, Alflynton' 1272 ib
- Elphinton Ade et Galfridi 1220 Fees
- Elfintona 1222 Os
- Elfington (p), Elfinton 1275–6 RH
- Elfenton' (p), Elfeton' 1284 Ass
- Elfynton' 1297 CornAcc
- Elfeton', Elfreton', Elfleton' 1241 Ass
- Elfreton' 1242–3 Fees
- Ailfleton' 1244 AddCh
- Elflintona c.1280 Os
- Elflynton 1389 ib
- Elfton 1340 Cl
- (molendinum de) Elstone 1432 Os
- Elfyngton alias Aylton 1509–10 Os
- Elton Farm 1761 Rocque
Etymology
v. tūn , ingtūn . The first el. is a pers.n., but it is difficult to say which. Dr O. von Feilitzen suggests that the base was OE *Æðel - flǣdingtūn , the earliest spellings having -es - by analogy with other p.ns. formed from a masc. pers.n. and tūn .
Places in the same Parish
Other OS name
- Breach Barn
- Field's Copse
- Mantclose Barn, Mantclose Copse
- Welford Wds
- Board Lane
- Elton Lane, Elton Wd
- King's Barn
- Welford Park
- Alder's Copse
- Barn Copse
- Baydon Rd
- Benham Burslot
- Benham Border, Benham Grange, Benham Fm
- Buck's Copse
- Home Fm
- Milton Lodge
- New Barn
- Newground Border
- Ninnock's Border
- Paine's Copse
- Pound's Border
- Queen's Plantation
- Red Ho
- The Rookery
- Royal Ground Border
- Rubbish Border
- Ryelands Border
- Scroggin's Copse
- Shirley's Copse
- Showells
- Sole Border, Sole Common, Sole Plantation
- South Barn
- Stogdale Copse
- Stony Croft
- Tithe Barn
- Tullock Fm, Tullock Border, Tullock Bottom
- Wadling's Border
- Blindman's Border
- Easton Copse
- Five Bells P.H.
- Francis Copse
- Glebe Fm
- Grey's Copse
- The Grove, Grove Border
- Halfway, Halfway Fm, Halfway P.H.
- Harrod's Barn, Harrod's Border
- Hell Pit
- Highwood Copse
- Hoe Benham, Hoe Benham Lane
- Welford Fm
- Weston Fm, Weston Mill
- Wickham Green, Wickhamgreen Fm
- The Wilderness
- Woodlands Barn