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.

Barlington

Early-attested site in the Parish of Roborough

Historical Forms

  • Beldrendilant, Baldrintona 1086 DB
  • Westbaldringthon' 1242 Fees772
  • Baldrin(g)ton 1244 Ass
  • Balryngton 1303 FA
  • Barlinton 1326 Ipm

Etymology

'Bealdhere 's farm' or possibly 'Bealdred 's farm,' if we take the DB spelling to be an error for Beldredinlant , cf. Blomé (53).

Places in the same Parish