Uffington

English edit

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Uffington

Etymology edit

From Old English Uffa +‎ -ing (“belonging to”) +‎ tun (“town”).^[1] The first element is a variant of Æffa, Effa, a king of the Angles (c. 575), attested in names such as Effingham, Abridge, and Ufford, but of uncertain origin.^[2]^[3]

Proper noun edit

Uffington

A village and civil parish in South Kesteven district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref TF0607). ^[4]
A village and civil parish in Vale of White Horse district, Oxfordshire, England (OS grid ref SU3089). ^[5]
A village and civil parish east of Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England (OS grid ref SJ5213). ^[6]
An unincorporated community in Monongalia County, West Virginia, United States.

References edit

^ Everett-Heath, John (2017): The Concise Dictionary of World Place Names
^ Traces of History in the Names of Places: With a Vocabulary of the Roots Out of which Names of Places in England and Wales are Formed, p. 275
^ Hanks, Patrick (2003): Dictionary of American Family Names, p. 516
^ Parish map (Lincolnshire)
^ Parish map (Oxfordshire)
^ Parish map (Shropshire)

[1] Everett-Heath, John (2017): The Concise Dictionary of World Place Names

[2] Traces of History in the Names of Places: With a Vocabulary of the Roots Out of which Names of Places in England and Wales are Formed, p. 275

[3] Hanks, Patrick (2003): Dictionary of American Family Names, p. 516

[4] Parish map (Lincolnshire)

[5] Parish map (Oxfordshire)

[6] Parish map (Shropshire)

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