Survey of English Place-Names

Historical Forms

• Etingedene 1086 DB

• Hetingedon' 1177 P

• Yetingeden' 1220 Fees

• Jetingedon' 1223 Cur

• Yetingedene 1224–5 Ass

• Etingeden' (p), Yetingeden' (p), Wetingeden' 1241 ib

• Yetingeden' 1242–3 Fees

• Etyngeden 1258 Ch

• Yetingden 1242–3 Fees

• Yetyngden 1352 Pat

• Gettendon' 1195 P

• Chetingdon 1284 Ass

• Jatingden 1232 Pat

• Yattingden' 1241 Ass

• Yatyngdon 1253 Ipm

• Yatingden 1252 Ch 1348 Pat

• Yatinden 1274 Fine

• Yatindene 1316 FA

• Yatyndon, Yatendone 1517 DInc

• Yattington 1574 Saxton

• Yaddington 1813 PubLibDoc

• Watindeden', Watingeden' 1235–6 Fees

• Iating(e)den' 1241 Ass

• Yatingeden(e) 1242–3 Fees

• Yattingeden' 1272 Cl

• Yatingedon 1273 Fine

• Yatyngeden' 1327 SR

Etymology

Probably 'valley of the people of Gēat', v. -inga-, denu , and cf. Eaton Sr 88. Geatingas could mean 'the dwellers by the gate', but no feature of the topography supports this. Alternatively, the pers.n. could be Ēata , with the development of prosthetic [j]. The village is on a plateau, and it can only be suggested that denu refers to the valley which rises from the R. Pang to this higher ground, immediately west of the village.