Survey of English Place-Names

Historical Forms

• Avintone 1086 DB

• Avinton' 1075×1108 Nichols 1207 ClR

• Auintona c.1160 Dane

• Euinton' c.1130 LeicSurv 1248 Rut c.1292 LCDeeds l.13 CRCart

• Euintona p.1250 Laz 1404

• Evinton(e) 1219 Cur 1219 RHug 1220 MHW 1318 Pat 1325 Inqaqd

• Evintona 1156 Ch 1318 Dugd Hy2 France 1190×1204

• Evintun c.1225 GildR

• Hevintone 1166 RBE

• Euynton' c.1250 Laz 1404 LCDeeds 1313 Comp 1413,1435

• Evynton' Hy3 Hazlerigg 1272 Ipm 1384 Pat 1425 Coram

• Eventon(e) c.1200 Hastings 1268 Misc 1276 Cl 1308 GildR 1338 Banco

• Euenton' 1273 LCDeeds

• Euinctun c.1215 RegAnt

• Euincton' Hy3 Crox

• Evington 1250 Cur 1254 Val 1580 LEpis 1610 Speed

• Evyngton 1285 Banco c.1291 Tax 1335 Ipm 1338 GildR 1539 MinAccts 1547 Chap

• Euyngton' 1343 LCDeeds 1370 Wyg 1451,1456 Comp

Etymology

'The village, estate associated with or called after a man named Eafa', v. -ingtūn . Eafa is an OE masc. pers.n. In Leics., place-names of the Evington type appear to belong to the 8th cent. and may indicate a developing manorial structure. They are present in particular in a group in the west of the county, an area which was exploited comparatively late, v. Barrie Cox, 'Aspects of place-name evidence for early medieval settlement in England', Viator 11 (1980), 35–50 at 44–5.