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.

Atherington

Major Settlement in the Parish of Atherington

Historical Forms

  • Hadrintone 1272 Exon
  • Adringtone 1311 Exon
  • Atheryngton 1298 Ass 1333 SR 1350 Ipm
  • Atherington 1322 Cl
  • Atherington, Addrington 1675 Ogilby
  • Atheligton 1306 Ass

Etymology

'Farm of Ēadhere or of Aeþelhere ,' cf. Atherington (PN Sx 139). v. ingtun .

Places in the same Parish