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.

Attington Ho

Early-attested site in the Parish of Tetsworth

Historical Forms

  • Attendune 1086 DB c.1160–80 Thame c.1200 Ass 1285
  • Attyndon(e) 13th Thame 1428 FA
  • Etendon' 1166 P 1273 FF
  • Etindon' 1205 Cur 1278–9 RH
  • Etingdon' 1275–6 RH
  • Attyngdon 1336 Cl
  • Addington 1797 Davis

Etymology

'Eatta 's hill,' OE  Eattan dūn.