English Explanatory Dictionary

Quarrington

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A suburban village in Sleaford parish, North Kesteven district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref TF0544).
  2. A habitational surname from Old English.

Word forms

Quarrington Quarringtons

Etymology

Recorded as Corninctune in the Domesday Book, the name derives from Old English cweorn (“quern”) + -ing + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

Derived words

Cassop-cum-Quarrington
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