Itchington
Early-attested site in the Parish of Tytherington
Historical Forms
- (æt) Icenantune 967 BCS1206–7 11th KCD677 991 11th
- Icetune 1086 DB
- Ichenentuna 1182 RBE
- Ychelinton', Huchenton' 1200 Cur
- Ichelintona 1208–13 Fees
- Ichinton(e), Ychinton(e), Ychynton(e) 1220 Cur 1275 Episc 1289,1296 Ipm 1303 FA 1535 VE
- Ychyngton(e), Ychington(e) 1554 FF c.1560 Surv
- Ichentone 1327 SR
- Echington 1574 FF
Etymology
'Farmstead by a stream called Itchen ', v. tūn . The stream which runs through Itchington to Ladden Brook may have been called Itchen , which is also a r.n. in Ha and Wa; Ekwall (RN 217–19) suggests that this r.n. may be a Brit name Icenā , which could be from the same root as the name of the Iceni (possibly *ik - 'mighty, powerful', perhaps as the name of a goddess), but there is no other connexion between Itchington and the Iceni .