English Explanatory Dictionary

Allington

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A number of places in England:
  2. A former civil parish (abolished 2024) and adjacent suburb of Bridport, Dorset (OS grid ref SY4693).
  3. A small settlement in West End parish, Eastleigh borough, Hampshire (OS grid ref SU4717).
  4. A hamlet in Kent, near Lenham.
  5. A suburban village in north-west Maidstone, Maidstone borough, Kent (OS grid ref TQ7457).
  6. A village and civil parish in South Kesteven district, Lincolnshire (OS grid ref SK8540).
  7. A hamlet in All Cannings parish, Wiltshire, east of Devizes (OS grid ref SU0663).
  8. A village and civil parish (served by Allington with Boscombe Parish Council) in Wiltshire, near Amesbury (OS grid ref SU2039).
  9. A small village in Chippenham Without parish, Wiltshire (OS grid ref ST8975).
  10. A habitational surname from Old English.

Word forms

Allington Allingtons

Etymology

* Kent, near Lenham: Recorded as Alnoitone in 1086 (DB), Eilnothinton in 1242, from Old English Æþelnōþ (male personal name) + -ing (“belonging to”) + tūn (“homestead”). * Kent, near Maidstone: Recorded as Elentun in 1086 (DB), from Old English Ælla or Ælle (male personal names) + -ing (“belonging to”) tūn (“homestead”). * Lincolnshire, and Wiltshire (east of Devizes): Recorded in 1086 (DB) as Adelingetone (Lincolnshire), Adelingtone (Wiltshire), from Old English æþeling (“prince”) + tūn (“farmstead”). * Wiltshire, near Amesbury: From Middle English Aldintona (recorded 1178), from Old English Ealda (male personal name) + -ing (“belonging to”) + tūn (“homestead”). * Other places: (in Dorset, Hampshire, and near Chippenham, Wiltshire) of unknown origin. * The surname is derived from any of the place names.

Derived words

East Allington
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