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.

Babbington

Early-attested site in the Parish of Kimberley

Historical Forms

  • Bab(b)ington Moore 1619 Wills 1630 Map
  • Babington 1640 Recov

Etymology

Babbington is Bab (b )ington Moore 1619 Wills, 1630Map , Babington 1640Recov . The name is probably manorial rather than local in origin. There is mention of a Hugo de Babington in connection with Everton in 1270 (Ass ), but that is in the north of the county.

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Major Settlement