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.

Abington

Other OS name in the Parish of Wigston Magna

Etymology

, another instance of the name found in Hallaton (Lei 395) ; poss . a transferred name from Abington in Northants . ( v. Nth 132 ) or Cambs . ( v. Ca 51 and 99 ) or a surn . taken from the p.n. ; otherwise of uncertain significance .