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单词 Adlington
释义

Adlington

English

Alternative forms

  • (surname): Hadlington

Etymology

From the Old English personal name Ēadwulf + -ing (belonging to) + tūn (enclosure; settlement, town).

Proper noun

Adlington (countable and uncountable, plural Adlingtons)

  1. (uncountable) A placename:
    1. A village and civil parish in Cheshire East borough, Cheshire, England (OS grid ref SJ9180).
    2. A town and civil parish in Chorley borough, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD6013).
  2. (countable) A habitational surname from Old English.

Statistics

  • According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Adlington is the 5125th most common surname in England, belonging to 1404 individuals.

References

  • 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

  • Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), Adlington”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 10.
  • Forebears
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