County | Berkshire |
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Transcript | abyngto(u)n |
Icon description | two spired churches, castle (?) |
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Etymology | OE Æbba, pers. name + dūn, 'hill' |
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Earlier editors | abyngto(u)n (OS 1935); abyngton (Gough, Parsons) |
Early Maps | habi(n)gton (Angliae Figura) |
Overwritten | yes |
Attested spelling | Abingdonia 1224 (c. 1250) Bract, Abingdon, Abington 1535 VE; earlir attestations have the first element in the form Abban-/Aben- and similar |