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.

Carrington

Early-attested site in the Parish of Old and New Basford

Etymology

Carrington. This is a modern suburb of Nottingham. It was so named after Robert Smith the banker, created Lord Carrington in 1796, who owned six acres at the junction of the Mansfield and Hucknall roads (Mellors 148).

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement