English Place-name Society

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.

Abington

Major Settlement in the Parish of Abington

Historical Forms

  • Habintune a.1076 GeldRoll
  • Abintone 1086 DB 1349 Cl
  • Abbinton' 1230 P
  • Abendon 12th Survey 1201 Cur
  • Abyndon 1231 Cl 1428 FA
  • ton 1298 Ipm
  • Abyndoun 1389 Cl
  • Abyngdon 1422 ADiii

Etymology

'Abba 's farm,' v. ingtun .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site