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.

Maddington

Major Settlement in the Parish of Maddington

Historical Forms

  • Wintreburne 1086 DB
  • Maydenwinterburne t.Hy2 Ch 1270
  • Maydenewynterburna 1178 BM
  • Mayden Winterburn 1241 FF
  • Meidene Winterburn' 1245 WMxvi
  • Maydenes Winterburn 1249 FF
  • Maydene Wynterbourne 1341 Ipm
  • Medinton 1198 Fees
  • Madinton(e) 1211 RBE 1281 Ass 1292 Ipm
  • Madynton(e) 1309 Cl 1316 FA 1325 Pat
  • Maidingtuna 1230 Bracton
  • Maydenton 1268,1289 Ass
  • Maidenton 1430 IpmR
  • Madyngtone 1291 Tax 1327 SR 1428 FA
  • Maydenton otherwise Winterbourne Maddington 1626 WIpm
  • Madenton al. Marriton 1675 Ogilby

Etymology

Originally Winterbourne from the stream (v. Till R. supra 10).Later 'maidens' tun' from the holding of the nuns of Amesbury. Cf. Maiden Bradley supra 172. For Marriton cf. supra 229–30.

Places in the same Parish