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.

Eatenden Wood

Early-attested site in the Parish of Mountfield

Historical Forms

  • Itintune 12th Bello
  • Ytenton, Itenton c.1200 Pens 1327 SR
  • Ytintun 1261 Pens
  • Itynton 1296 SR

Etymology

Eatenden Wood is Itintune 12th Bello, Ytenton , Itenton c. 1200 Pens, 1327 SR (p), Ytintun 1261 Pens, Itynton 1296 SR (p).'Ita 's farm,' v. ingtun and Itford supra 358.