Word.ws English Dictionary

Allington

Allington proper noun: a former civil parish (abolished 2024) and adjacent suburb of Bridport, Dorset (OS grid ref SY4693).

Proper noun

Allington (countable and uncountable, plural Allingtons)

  1. A former civil parish (abolished 2024) and adjacent suburb of Bridport, Dorset (OS grid ref SY4693).
  2. A small settlement in West End parish, Eastleigh borough, Hampshire (OS grid ref SU4717).
  3. A hamlet in Kent, near Lenham (not found).
  4. A suburban village in north-west Maidstone, Maidstone borough, Kent (OS grid ref TQ7457).
  5. A village and civil parish in South Kesteven district, Lincolnshire (OS grid ref SK8540).
  6. A hamlet in All Cannings parish, Wiltshire, east of Devizes (OS grid ref SU0663).
  7. A village and civil parish (served by Allington with Boscombe Parish Council) in Wiltshire, near Amesbury (OS grid ref SU2039).
  8. A small village in Chippenham Without parish, Wiltshire (OS grid ref ST8975).
  9. (countable) A habitational surname from Old English.

Forms of Allington

pluralAllingtons

Origin of Allington

* Kent, near Lenham: Recorded as Alnoitone in 1086 (DB), Eilnothinton in 1242, from Old English Æþelnōþ (male personal name) + -ing (“belonging to”) + tūn (“homestead”). * Kent, near Maidstone: Recorded as Elentun in 1086 (DB), from Old English Ælla or Ælle (male personal names) + -ing (“belonging to”) tūn (“homestead”). * Lincolnshire, and Wiltshire (east of Devizes): Recorded in 1086 (DB) as Adelingetone (Lincolnshire), Adelingtone (Wiltshire), from Old English æþeling (“prince”) + tūn (“farmstead”). * Wiltshire, near Amesbury: From Middle English Aldintona (recorded 1178), from Old English Ealda (male personal name) + -ing (“belonging to”) + tūn (“homestead”). * Other places: (in Dorset, Hampshire, and near Chippenham, Wiltshire) of unknown origin. * The surname is derived from any of the place names.

Words formed from Allington

Questions about Allington

What does Allington mean?
Allington means a former civil parish (abolished 2024) and adjacent suburb of Bridport, Dorset (OS grid ref SY4693).
What part of speech is Allington?
Allington is a proper noun.

Words near Allington in the dictionary

  1. allineations
  2. Alling
  3. Allingham
  4. Allinghams
  5. Allings
  6. Allington
  7. Allingtons
  8. Allinson
  9. Allinsons
  10. alliofuroside
  11. alliospiroside

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: Allington (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “Allington.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/allington. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.