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.

East Allington

Major Settlement in the Parish of East Allington

Historical Forms

  • Alintone, Alintona 1086 DB
  • Alyntona 1268–75 Exon 1312 BM
  • Alenton 1239 Ch
  • Alinton 1285 FA
  • Alynton Cryspyn 1346 FA
  • Alingeton 1219 FF
  • Allyngthon' 1242 Fees766
  • Alyngtone 1291 Tax 1337 Cl
  • Alyngton Crespyn 1303 FA
  • Eastallyngton 1581 SR
  • Aylington' 1242 Fees777

Etymology

'Ælla 's farm,' v. ingtun . Gilbert Crespin held the manor in 1242 (Fees 777). East as opposed to South Allington infra 320.