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.

Exton

Major Settlement in the Parish of Exton

Historical Forms

  • Exentune 1086 DB
  • Exton(e) 1107 Reg 1185,1192 P 1207 1610 Speed
  • Exston 1326,1330 Pat 1535 VE

Etymology

Probably 'the ox farm', v. oxa , tūn . Ekwall DEPN suggests that the first element is a secondary genitive plural form *exna (influenced by the nominative plural exen ) of the regular gen.pl. oxna .