Adlington

== English == === Alternative forms === (surname): Hadlington === Etymology === From the Old English personal name Ēadwulf + -ing (“belonging to”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”). === Proper noun === Adlington (countable and uncountable, plural Adlingtons) (uncountable) A placename: A village and civil parish in Cheshire East borough, Cheshire, England (OS grid ref SJ9180). A town and civil parish in Chorley borough, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD6013). (countable) A habitational surname from Old English. ==== Statistics ==== According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Adlington is the 5125th most common surname in England, belonging to 1404 individuals. === References === Mills, David (1976), “Directory of Place Names”, in The Place Names of Lancashire, London: Batsford Books, →ISBN, page 54 Survey of English Place-Names === Further reading === Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Adlington”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 10. Forebears