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.

Aldrington

Major Settlement in the Parish of Aldrington

Historical Forms

  • Eldretune 1086 DB
  • Aldringeton t.Wm2 Lewes 1200,1203 Cur 1284 FA
  • Aldryngeton 1341 BM
  • Audringeton 1250 FF
  • Aldrinchtona 1121 AC
  • Aldrington(a) a.1138 ADA463 1301 Cl
  • Aldrinton 1246 FF 1302,1308 Cl
  • Alryngton 1280 Ipm
  • Alrington 1299 Ipm
  • Alderton near Shorham 1311 Pat

Etymology

OE  Ealdhering (a )tūn , 'Ealdhere's farm' (v. ingtun ) or 'farm of Ealdhere's people.'

Places in the same Parish

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