Farmington
Major Settlement in the Parish of Farmington
Historical Forms
- Tormentone 1086 DB
- Tormerton(a) 1182,13 WinchLB 1211–13 Fees 1287 Ass 1300 Episc
- Tormerton(a) als. Thormarton als. Fermyngton 1573 FF
- Tormarton(a) 1220 Fees 1291 Tax
- Tormarton(a) als. Farmyngton 1566 FF
- Thormerton 1236 Fees 1248 Ass 1278 Ipm 1621 Inq
- Thormerton als. Fermynton 1554 FF
- Thurmerton 1273 FF
- Thormarton 1287 Ass 1351 FF
- Thermerton 1327 SR 1462 Pat
- Farmynton 1577 M
- Farmington 1632 FF 1719 PR
Etymology
'Farmstead near the thorn-pool', v. þorn (which often loses -n - in compounds, cf. Phonol. § 37b ), mere , tūn (Ekwall); no pool is to be seen today, but there is mention of a stagnum molendini or mill-pool in 1182 WinchLB i, 197. The change of initial th - to f - is dialectal (Phonol. § 41b ). The earlier spellings of this p.n. are difficult to keep apart from those of Tormarton (iii, 56infra ).