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.

Egton

Major Settlement in the Parish of Egton

Historical Forms

Egetune, Egeton 1086 DB 1284 YI 1291 Pap

Eggeton' c.1170–95 YCh 1181 P 1410 YI

Egton 1285 KI

Etymology

'Ecga's farm' from the OE Ecga and tun. Cf. Egton (La).

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site