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.

Harlington

Early-attested site in the Parish of Barnburgh

Historical Forms

  • Herlatona 1147–53 Nost57,57d
  • Herlinton c.1150 Nost57
  • Herlington(a), Herlyngton(a) 1154–9 YChviii 1191 P l.12,1208–37 Nost58–9 1260 FF 1280 Ch 1418 YI
  • Herligtun' 1215 ChR
  • Harlington, Harlyngton 1418 YI 1495 FF 1604 et freq

Etymology

'Herela's farmstead', v. -ing-, tūn . On the OE  pers.n. Herela , Herele , not independently recorded in English, v. Harlington Bd 124, Harlsey YN 213, and How Hill (Markington) pt. v infra .