Adlington
English edit
Alternative forms edit
- (surname): Hadlington
Etymology edit
From the Old English personal name Ēadwulf + -ing (“belonging to”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).
Proper noun edit
Adlington (countable and uncountable, plural Adlingtons)
- (uncountable) A placename:
- A village and civil parish in Cheshire East borough, Cheshire, England (OS grid ref SJ9180).
- A town and civil parish in Chorley borough, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD6013).
- (countable) A habitational surname from Old English.
Statistics edit
- According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Adlington is the 5125th most common surname in England, belonging to 1404 individuals.
References edit
- Mills, David (1976) “Directory of Place Names”, in The Place Names of Lancashire, London: Batsford Books, →ISBN, page 54
- Survey of English Place-Names
Further reading edit
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Adlington”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 10.
- Forebears