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.

Oakington

Major Settlement in the Parish of Oakington

Historical Forms

  • Hochinton(e) 1086 DB
  • Hochinton, Hochintun 1086 InqEl
  • Hochintona 1130 P
  • Hocchintuna, Hocchintona, Hokintona 1086 InqEl
  • Hokinton(e), Hokynton(e) 1166 RBE 1529 Crowland
  • Hockinton 1268 Ass
  • Hokenton(e) 1302 FA 1315 Crowland
  • Hogintune 1086 InqEl
  • Hogynton 1411 SR t.Hy8 Rental
  • Hogyndon 1502 EAvii
  • Hogyngton, Hogington 1415 Cl 1539–41 MinAcct
  • Hogginton 1576 Saxton
  • Hogginton otherwise Oakington 1854 Trinity
  • Okinton', Okynton' 1176 P 1272 Ass 1327 Pat 1499 Ipm
  • Ocinton 1272 Cl
  • Oketon 1285 Ass
  • Okington, Okyngton 1327 Pat 1364 Cl 1570 SR t.Eliz ChancP
  • Okeington 1595 Ely
  • Oggington 1640 EAvi
  • Oak(e)ington 1660 PRi 1685 CAPriii
  • Hokiton(e), Hokyton(e) 1200 Cur 1403 Crowland
  • Hokiton cum Westwyk 1341 NI
  • Hokitun Abbatis, Hokitun Abbatis de Croyland, Hokitun Comitis 1218 SR
  • Hoketon(e) 1201 Cur 1357 Crowland
  • Hokincton' 1207 FF
  • Hokington(e), Hokyngton(e) 1284 FA
  • Hokyngton iuxta Cantebr' 1285 Ass 1549 Pat
  • Hockynton', Hokyngdon 1480 CTerr
  • Hokkyngton 1490 Ipm
  • Hogyton(e) 1279 RH 1412 FA
  • Hoggiton(e) 1284 FA 1382 FF
  • Hog(g)eton 1357 1393 Cl 1412 FA
  • Rokyngton 1361 Cl

Etymology

'The farm of Hoc (c )a ,' v. ingtūn . Croyland from the manor of the Abbot of Croyland and Comitis from that of the Earl of Huntingdon.

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site