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.

Abberton

Major Settlement in the Parish of Abberton

Historical Forms

  • Edburg(h)etunā 1086 DB
  • Edburg(h)eton 1181 StP 1205 FF
  • Edburton 1239 FF 1428 FA
  • Eadburhton 1254 EASxviii
  • Adbur(u)g(h)(e)ton(e) 1208–13 Fees 1253 FF 1321 Londin
  • Adbur(u)g(h)atuna a.1272 Colch
  • Adburwetone, Adborwdton 1274 RH
  • Adburcheton, Adburthon 1280 Ipm
  • Abberton 1230 Cl
  • Aberdon 1400 Pat 1727 WigboroughPR
  • Aburton 1535 VE
  • Aburton alias Averton 1602,1609 EAvi
  • Adburton(e), Adburtuna 1238 SR a.1272 Colch 1303,1428 FA 1379 IpmR
  • Adbirton ib.
  • Agburton 1346 FA
  • Aldburgton, Alburgton, Alburghton 1255 Ass

Etymology

'The tun of a woman named Ēadburh .' For v from b cf. Bobbingworth supra 52.

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site