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.

Easington

Major Settlement in the Parish of Cuxham with Easington

Historical Forms

  • Esidone 1086 DB
  • Esidon 1278–9 RH
  • Esendon' 1199 Cur 1227 FF
  • Essentone c.1200 S c.1280
  • Esindon' c.1200 S c.1280 FA 1428
  • Ecindon 1205 Cl
  • Essinton' 1240–1 Ass
  • Essindone c.1260 S c.1280
  • Eisdon' 1204 Cur
  • Hesindon' c.1270 S c.1280
  • Es(s)ington, Esyngdone 1285 Ass
  • Esyngton 1408 AD
  • Eysendon' 1297 CornAcc
  • Heysindon 1300 Ipm

Etymology

'Ēsa 's hill,' v. dūn : the second element has been confused with tūn . Cf. the same name in the north of the county 412.

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Major Settlement