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.

Durrington

Major Settlement in the Parish of Durrington

Historical Forms

  • Derentune 1086 DB
  • Derinton, Derintonam 1150 Sele 1253 FF 1290
  • Deryngton 1542 Wills
  • Derrington in Tarring 1640 Ipm
  • Direnton 1200 FF
  • Diryngton 1279 Ass
  • Dirington 1544 Wills 1551 SRS33,2 1592 Ipm
  • Durington(e) 1219 FF 1235 Sele 1285 FF 1327 SR
  • Durrington 1248 Ass
  • Durinton 1242 Ch 1267 FF 1268 Ipm
  • Durynton 1262 Pat 1302 Ass
  • Doryngton 1296 SR

Etymology

'Deora 's tun,' v. ingtun .

Places in the same Parish