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.

Apeton

Early-attested site in the Parish of Bradley

Historical Forms

  • Ab(b)eton' 1203,1272 Ass 1242 Fees 1285,1302 StThomas 1286to1302 ChetwyndCh 1299,1325 Banco
  • Abbenton(a) 1253 Ass 13th ChetwyndCh 1299,1325 Banco
  • Abynton' 1253 Ass
  • Apedon 1320 CoramR
  • Apen 1609 QSR
  • Apton 1551 Pat 1652 ParlSurv
  • Apeton' 1285 Inqaqd 1300 CoramR 1326 Comm 1327,1332 SR 1367 Banco 1401 StaffAcc 1407to1616 FF 1472 Ct 1535 VE 16th Rental 1603 CtRequests 1695 PCC 1834 Morden

Etymology

'Abba's farmstead', v. tūn , with unvoicing of -b - to -p -, in contrast to the development proposed in Blymhill.