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Adlington
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English
Alternative forms
surname en Hadlington
Etymology
From the en ang - personal name ang Ēadwulf + ang -ing belonging to + ang tūn enclosure; settlement, town.
Proper noun
~ s
en uncountable A placename:
en village/and/cpar in bor/Cheshire East co/Cheshire cc/England OS grid ref SJ9180. Parish map (Cheshire)
en town/and/cpar in bor/Chorley co/Lancashire cc/England OS grid ref SD6013. Parish map (Lancashire)
en countable en habitational 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 The Place Names of Lancashire 1976 Batsford Books London 0-7134-3248-9 54 Directory of Place Names
Survey of English Place-Names
Further reading
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