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.

Great Abington and Little Abington

Major Settlement in the Parish of Great and Little Abington

Historical Forms

  • Abintone 1086 DB
  • Abintona 1086 ICC c.1212 Waltham
  • Abintone, Abyntone, Abintone Comitis Alberici, Abintone Comitis Conani, Abintone comitis, alia Abintone 1158 P 1428 FA
  • Abintune c.1212 Waltham
  • Abindon 1285 Ass 1413 IpmR
  • Habintona 1086 ICC
  • Habinton(e) 13th Waltham 1299 QW
  • Habington' 13th Fees
  • Habyngton 1298 Ass
  • Habiton(e) c.1212 Waltham 1347 SR
  • Abictona 1125–35 YCh 1337
  • Abiton(e), Abyton(e) 1199 Cur 1484 Pat
  • Abiton Magna, Abiton Parva 1218 SR
  • Litle Abiton 1336 Ch
  • Abitoun 1331 Bodl
  • Abeton' 1244 Cl
  • Abingtuna 1157 YCh 1337 Ch t.Ric1 1308
  • Abington 1215 Cur
  • Gret Abington, Litill Abington 1523 SR
  • Abyngton(e) 1291 Tax 1553 ADi
  • Abyngdon 1285 Ass 1426,1548 Pat
  • Abbint(h)on 1218–22 Fees 1263 Ipm
  • Abbindon 1275 RH
  • Abbiton' 1218 Fees 13th WalthamB 1253 Ch
  • Abbingeton' 1218 Fees
  • Abbington 1291 Tax

Etymology

'Abba 's farm,' v. ingtūn and cf. Abington Pigotts supra 51. Great Abington (comitis Alberici ) from Aubrey de Vere, Earl of Oxford, Little Abington (comitis Conani ) from Conan, Earl of Richmond.

Places in the same Parish

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