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Full record: Easington

County Durham
Transcript esyngton
Icon description single building
Icons
  • building
Description faded
Appearances
  • faded
Etymology OE Ese/Esne, pers. name + t.n, 'settlement'
Translation
Earlier editors Easing[wold] (Gough)
Early Maps Esi(n)gton (Angliae Figura); Elington (Totius Britanniae; spired church)
Overwritten no
Attested spelling Esingtun after 1130 Symeon of Durham; Esyntona 1183