Alphington
Major Settlement in the Parish of Alphington
Historical Forms
- (an) Alfintune, hundred of Alfin 1050–73 Earle
- Alfinton(a) 1086 DB 1307 Ass
- Alfinton(a) juxta Cuwyk 1298 Ass
- Alphington 1269 FF
- Alfyngton juxta Exon 1307 FF
- Alfinctona 1231 Bracton
- Alfinctoune 1281 Totnes
- Ealvinton 1245 HMCiv,67
- Affynton 1577 Saxton
- Affington c.1630 Pole
- Affin(g)ton, Avington 1675 Ogilby
Etymology
'Ælfa 's farm,' v. ingtun . Nothing further is known of the 'hundred' of Alphington.