English Place-name Society

Survey of English Place-Names

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Over and Nether Eatington

Major Settlement in the Parish of Over and Nether Eatington

Historical Forms

  • Etendone 1086 DB 1247 SR c.1250 Kenilworth
  • Etedone 1086 DB
  • Eatendon 1170 Ch 1314 P 1173
  • Eatendona c.1250 Kenilworth
  • Neathe Eatington 1587 FF
  • Neathe Eatington al. Ettington 1651 ib
  • Eatonton 1625 Sess
  • Ettendona t.Hy2 Pat 1478
  • Etindona 1173 P 1235,1251 Fees 1278 Wigorn
  • Etyndon 1204 ClR 1251 Fees 1287 Ch
  • Etindone superior 1242 Fees
  • Ouer Etindon 1280 FF
  • Ovre Etyndon 1299 Cl
  • Nether Etyndon 1332 FF
  • Nether Etyngdon 1428 FA
  • Nethyr Etyngton 1485 Ipm
  • Yatinden 1299 Cl
  • Ʒetyngdon 1318 Ass
  • Overedyngton 1415 FF
  • Overetyngton 1468 BM
  • Edyngton 1459 Ch

Etymology

'Eata 's hill,' v. dun . For the development of initial y in certain forms cf. Yamton (PN O 230), earlier Erdinton . The local pronunciation of the name is preserved in Ettington Grove and Ettington Park.

Places in the same Parish

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