Dillington
Early-attested site in the Parish of Great Staughton
Historical Forms
- Dilingtun 674 BCS 12th Rams c.1100 c.1350
- Dellinctune 1086 DB
- Dylynton, Dilinton, Dilynton 1241 FF 1253 BM
- Dilington, Dylington 1245 For 1297 Ipm 1303 1310,1342 Cl 1358 Fine 1359 Ipm 1365 Cl 1464 BM
- Dulintone 1255 For
- Delington, Delyngton 1286 Ass 1372 BM 1377 FF 1378 Cl
- Dillyngton, Dyllyngton 1323 1340 Ipm 1428 FA
- Dellington al. Dyllington 1599 FF
Etymology
In the forged charter BCS 32 there is mention of a dilingbroc among the boundaries of Dillington. The probability is, not that the hamlet takes its name from the stream, but that both alike take their name from the same person, a fairly common phenomenon in place-names (cf. the history of Waddesdon and Beachendon, PN Bk 138–9). The later forms point clearly to an OE Dy (l )la as first element, probably a derivative of the adj. dol , 'foolish,' and allied to the pers. name which lies behind Dullingham (C), cf. Ekwall PN in -ing 139. Hence 'Dyl(l)a's farm and brook,' v. ingtun .