English Explanatory Dictionary

Adlington

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A placename:
  2. A village and civil parish in Cheshire East borough, Cheshire, England (OS grid ref SJ9180).
  3. A town and civil parish in Chorley borough, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD6013).
  4. A habitational surname from Old English.

Word forms

Adlington Adlingtons Hadlington

Etymology

From the Old English personal name Ēadwulf + -ing (“belonging to”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

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