Addington
Major Settlement in the Parish of Addington
Historical Forms
- Edintone 1086 DB
- Adinton(e) 1175 P 1198 Fines 1227,1241,1247 Ass 1260 Ipm 1262 Ass 1284 FA 1320 Ch
- Aditon' 1242 Fees871
- Addinton 1242 Fees895
- Adington(e) 1247 Ass
- Adyngton 1425 BM
Etymology
'Æddi's farm' v. ingtun . Æddi is probably the same person who gave his name to the neighbouring parish of Adstock.Cf. also Addingrove infra . The name Æddi is recorded early, the best known bearer of the name being Æddi Stephanus, the biographer of St Wilfrid.
Places in the same Parish
None