Yarnton
English
Alternative forms
- (surname): Yarranton, Yarrington
Etymology
Recorded as Hardintone in the Domesday Book, the village's name derives from the Old English personal name Earda + -ing (“belonging to”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).
Proper noun
Yarnton (countable and uncountable, plural Yarntons)
- A village and civil parish in Cherwell district, Oxfordshire, England (OS grid ref SP4712).
- A habitational surname from Old English.
Statistics
- According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Rowarth is the 36401st most common surname in England, belonging to 91 individuals.
References
- Survey of English Place-Names
Further reading
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Yarnton”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.
- Forebears
Anagrams
- tyranno-