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.

Bainton

Major Settlement in the Parish of Bainton

Historical Forms

  • Badingtun c.980 BCS1130 c.1200 FA 1428
  • Badintune 1198 FF
  • Badenton 1201 Cur
  • Baynton 1369 Cl
  • Badyngton al. Baynton 1536 FF 1604 Recov

Etymology

'Bada 's farm,' v. ingtun . Cf. Aelfnoð badan sune among the Peterborough sureties in BCS 1130 and Bainton (O), DBBaditone .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site