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.

Exton

Other OS name in the Parish of Woodbury

Historical Forms

  • Exton' 1242 Fees763 1305 Ipm
  • Exeton 1244 Ass

Etymology

is Exton '1242 Fees 763, 1305 Ipm, Exeton 1244Ass . ' Farm by the Exe' (supra 5) , v. tun .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement