English Explanatory Dictionary

Bainton

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A village and civil parish (served by Bainton and Ashton Parish Council) in the City of Peterborough district, Cambridgeshire, England (OS grid ref TF0906).
  2. A village and civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE9652).
  3. A hamlet in Stoke Lyne parish, Cherwell district, Oxfordshire, England (OS grid ref SP5827).
  4. A habitational surname from Old English.

Word forms

Bainton Baintons

Etymology

Various origins: * The village in the East Riding of Yorkshire was recorded as Bagentone in the Domesday Book, suggesting a derivation from the Old English personal name Bǣga + -ing (“belonging to”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”). * The hamlet in Oxfordshire was recorded as Baditone in the Domesday Book, suggesting a derivation from the Old English personal name Bada + -ing (“belonging to”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

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