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.

Emmington

Early-attested site in the Parish of Chinnor

Historical Forms

  • Amintone 1086 DB 1394 Cl
  • Eminton' 1199 MemR 1401–2 FA
  • Emigton' 1230 P
  • Emmigton' 1246–7 Ass
  • Hemi'gton' 1246–7 Ass
  • Emington' mid13th AD
  • Emengton' 1316 Ipm
  • Amington', Amyngton 1428 FA

Etymology

'Eama 's farm,' v . ingtūn.