Etymology

Yarnton

Y4A1R1N1T1O1N1

Today it means: A village and civil parish in Cherwell district, Oxfordshire, England (OS grid ref SP4712). Full definition →

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The story

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”).

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