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| Arrington
- Origin of Name |
| Aerningetun (Domesday Book 1086) |
| Arrington can be fairly certainly explained as
'the farm of Earn(a)=s people='. The Earningas were a group
or tribe of people who lived in Armingford [the ancient
district roughly covering Arrington, East Hatley, Steeple Morden,
Royston, Melbourn, Whaddon and points between] in saxon and
medieval times. |
| The earliest known forms of 'Arrington' are Earnningtone
(in an Anglo-Saxon will of c950), Oarningetune and Erlingtona (in
documents allied to the Domesday Survey) and Erlingtona or Aerningetun
(in the Domesday Book itself, 1086). Similar -ingatun names are
found elsewhere in South Cambridgeshire and are usually associated
with the earliest period of English settlement. |
| By the thirteenth century Arrington had virtually
acquired its modern form as Aring(e)ton(e). |
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The anglo-saxon name for the Roman road 'that
passed through the land of the Earningas' was 'Earninga Straete'
(1012). This became Ermine Street. Thus 'Arrington' and 'Ermine
Street' are anglo-saxon names that share a similar origin.
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| (Steve Odell) |
This page last updated on: Tuesday 8 August, 2006. |
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Council
Meeting:
The next Parish Council Meeting will be at 7.30pm
on Monday 17 September 2007.
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War Memorial:
The men and woman behind the names on the Roll of
Honour [more..]
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Christian
Aid:
The amount collected for Christian Aid was £232.62
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Churchyard:
The next churchyard working party will be on
22 September 2007
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