The story
- Old English · derived fromǣċen“oaken”
- English todayEggington
Recorded as Ekendon in the XII and XIII centuries, the placename derives from Old English ǣċen (“oaken”) + dūn (“hill”).
Words from the same roots
Old Englishǣċen all →
Higginbotham
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.