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Survey of English Place-Names

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Bishops Itchington

Major Settlement in the Parish of Bishops Itchington

Historical Forms

  • Icetone 1086 DB
  • Ichenton(a) 1135(1348),1259 Ch
  • Ychenton 1152 RegAlb
  • Uchenton Ēpi 1247 Ass
  • Huchenden Ep'i 1535 VE
  • Ichinton Episcopi 1291 Tax
  • Bisshopesychengton 1384 Pat
  • Bisschopes Ichyngton 1406 ADv
  • Fishers Itchington 1575 ib
  • Busshoppes Itchynton 1597 PCC
  • Itchington Episcopi al. Fishers Itchington al. Itchington inferior 1604 FF
  • Nether Itchington 1636 Sess
  • Fisher in 1547 (Pat)

Etymology

'Farm on the river Itchen' (supra 3), v. tun . The manor was granted to the Bishop of Coventry and Lichfield in 1259 (Ch). It was sold by the Bishop to Thomas Fisher in 1547 (Pat).There were two manors, Itchington-superior and Itchington- inferior within Bishops Itchington itself (Dugdale 232).