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.

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.

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name