Edwalton
Major Settlement in the Parish of Edwalton
Historical Forms
- Edvvoltone, Edwoltun 1086 DB
- Edwolton 1298 Ipm
- Ædwalton 1181 P
- Ædwaldton' 1182 ib
- Edwalton 1227 Ebor 1242 Fees 1257 Ch
- Eadwalton 1241 FF
- Eldwolton 1306 ib
- Edewalton 1325 Pat 1330 Ipm
- Eddolton t.Chas1 HMCVarvii
- Edwalton al. Edowlton 1665 Recov
Etymology
'The farm of Ēadweald ,' v. tun . The 1306 form, which might point to an OE Ealdweald , is probably a mistake.