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.

Offington

Early-attested site in the Parish of Durrington

Historical Forms

  • Ofintune 1086 DB
  • Offinton, Offynton 1219,1244,1255 FF 1316 FA
  • Offington 1282 FF 1327 SR
  • Offingetone, Offyngetone 13th BM 1296 SR
  • Uffinton 1248 Ass

Etymology

'Offa's farm,' v. ingtun .

Places in the same Parish