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.

Yarnton

Major Settlement in the Parish of Yarnton

Historical Forms

  • (æt) Ærdintune 1005 Eynsh late12th
  • Harbintone, Hardintone 1086 DB
  • Aerdintona 1091,1109,1155–61,1197–8 Eynsh
  • Aerdinton' 1192 P
  • Eardeton' c.1185 CartAntiq
  • Herdintona 1186–96 Eynsh
  • Herdinton' 1194,5 P 1278–9 RH
  • Erdinton' 1206 P 1390 Eynsh
  • Erdington' 1273–4 RH 1592 BM
  • Ersyngtone 1285 Ass
  • Eardyngton 1285 Ass
  • Yarnton 1529 Eynsh
  • Yarneton 1517 DInc
  • Yarneton al. Erdington 1592 BM
  • Yardington alias Yarnton 1623 Cai
  • Yarrington 1660 Stapleton

Etymology

'Earda 's farm,' v. ingtūn . Cf. Ardeley (PN Herts 151), which was known as Yardley till the 19th century.

Places in the same Parish