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 5125^th 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: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 10.
• Forebears