Yarnton

English

Alternative forms

• (surname): Yarranton, Yarrington

Etymology

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”).

Proper noun

Yarnton (countable and uncountable, plural Yarntons)

1. A village and civil parish in Cherwell district, Oxfordshire, England (OS grid ref SP4712).
2. A habitational surname from Old English.

Statistics

• According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Rowarth is the 36401^st most common surname in England, belonging to 91 individuals.

References

• Survey of English Place-Names
• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Yarnton”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.
• Forebears

Anagrams

• tyranno-