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.

Water Eaton

Major Settlement in the Parish of Water Eaton

Historical Forms

Etone 1086 DB 1232 Fees 1247 Ass 1469 BM

Ettone 1185 RotDom 1284 FA

Wattar Yeton 1534 LP

Etymology

'River-farm' v. ea , tun .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Waterhall