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.

Adbolton

Early-attested site in the Parish of Holme Pierrepont

Historical Forms

  • Alboltune 1086 DB
  • Albotton 1197 P
  • Adbolton(e) 1200 1211 RBE 1265 Misc 1275 RH 1280 Ass
  • Adbulton 1504 Ipm
  • Alwalton' 1242 Fees
  • Atbolton' 1269 Ebor
  • Aldebolton 1268 Ch
  • Abbolton 1657 CoRec

Etymology

'Ealdbeald 's farm,' v. tun . For omission of the genitival s cf. Balderton supra 209–10.

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Major Settlement