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.

Eyton

Major Settlement in the Parish of Baschurch

Historical Forms

  • Etune 1086 DB
  • Eton' 1220 Cur 1251 Fees
  • Eyton' 1220 Cur
  • Eiton 1274 Ipm 1644 PR(H)
  • Eighton 1658 ib
  • Eaighton 1659 ib
  • Itton 1650 PR(H)
  • Iton 1695 Morden
  • Eaton 1661-2 PR(H)
  • Etune 1086 DB
  • Eytonstok 1276 Cl
  • Eyton Stokkes 1376 Pat

Etymology

The ēg is a low promontory jutting out into the flood-plain of the R. Severn. It can be seen clearly from the B 4393 road W. of the farm. The place is occasionally described as 'near Alberbury' in 13th-14th-cent. references.