English Explanatory Dictionary

Yarnton

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A village and civil parish in Cherwell district, Oxfordshire, England (OS grid ref SP4712).
  2. A habitational surname from Old English.

Word forms

Yarnton Yarntons Yarranton Yarrington

Etymology

Recorded as Hardintone in the Domesday Book, the village's name derives from the Old English personal name *Earda + -ing (“belonging to”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

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