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.

Engleton

Early-attested site in the Parish of Brewood

Historical Forms

  • Engleton c.1206–30 StCart c.1272 c.1200–10 BrewoodCh 1242 Fees c.1275 MRA 1285,1428 FA 1325 CoramR 1327,1332 SR 1338to1533 Ct 1342to1548 FF 1834 O
  • Engelton 1250 Ass
  • Engulton 1330 CoramR 1391 FF
  • Yengylton 1491 Hatherton
  • Hengylton 1412 ProcJP
  • Ingylton 1479 Banco
  • Ingleton 1478 CoramR 1577 Saxton 1663 StV

Etymology

'The farmstead of the Angles', v. Engle , tūn .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement