Eaton
Major Settlement in the Parish of Eaton
Historical Forms
- Ættune, Etune, Etunae, Ettone 1086 DB
- Eton(a) 1168 P 1202 FF 1204 ChR 1209 Cur 1524 NtIpm
- Hetun' 1235 Fees
- Hetun'juxta Ordesale 1286 Abbr
- Hetun'juxta Hedon 1314 FF 1325 Inqaqd
- Hetun'juxta Retford in le Clay 1337 FF
- Etton(e) 1196 P 1202,1210 FF 1280 Ass
- Eyton 1242 Fees
- Eayton 1546 NtIpm
- Eytton 1546 Wills
- Idleton or Eaton 1793 Cary
Etymology
'Farm by the river,' v. ea , tun . The place lies by the Idle.