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.

Emberton

Major Settlement in the Parish of Emberton

Historical Forms

  • Ambritone, Ambretone 1086 DB
  • Embertone c.1215 WellsR 1237 Fees 1247 Ass
  • Emberdestone 1227 Ass
  • Aumbertun 1247 Ass
  • Emberton al. Emmerton c.1450 Linc
  • Emerton 1484 IpmR 1502,1594 Pat 1626 Vern

Etymology

OE  Ēanberht (es )-tūn , 'Eanberht's farm' nb > mb > m by assimilation. Amerton (St) has the same origin. The surname Em (m )erton is one of the commonest in the North Bucks registers.

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site