Abbinton's Fm
Early-attested site in the Parish of Wichenford
Historical Forms
- Abyndon 1316 Ipm 1327,1332 SR 1340 NI
- Abington 1651 FF
Etymology
This may be a true name of the manorial type deriving from a family which ultimately came from Abingdon (Berks), but there is no certainty. The family of the Worcestershire historian Habington belonged here. They claimed association with Abington in Cambridgeshire, but as it is clear that there was a family of Abyndon in Wichenford from the 13th cent. onwards and Abington (C) is a -ton and not a -don name, the genealogy claimed is very doubtful.