Hi I have been trying to find out the roots of various Lincolnshire Elkingtons. Firstly North and South Elkington and secondly Elkington Hall. This is the answer that I received about this and would be glad of anyone's opinion on the answer. JUDY ELKINGTON [N. Derbyshire, England] www.elkingtonfamily.com ELKINGTON@rootsweb.com _www.one-name.org/profiles/elkington.html_ (http://www.one-name.org/profiles/elkington.html) >>Quote: According to the Dictionary of Lincolnshire Place Names, Elkington is probably the farmstead village associated with, or called after, Ead lac, from the Old English Ead lac a personal name and Old English tun, with the Old English connective particle -ing. Elkington Hall was built in 1842 by Edward Buckton Lambe (1806-1869). The Smyths who built Elkington could trace their descent from a fourteenth century Smyth who owned land there. After the estate was sold in the 1930s the house was unoccupied for a long period. It was almost entirely demolished in the 1960s.<<

Judy, The "horse's mouth" re North and South Elkington names is probably the Doomsday book itself, whose contents can be viewed online - the link below also gives the Northamptonshire village details. Follow the "see details" links. http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/documentsonline/search-results.asp?searchtype=browserefine&query=scope%3delkington&catid=24&pagenumber=1&querytype=1&mediaarray Make sure you paste the whole of the above long link to your browser's URL bar. So, we see "Alchinton(e)" * which readily became Elkyngton for a Norman scribe's tongue, I suspect. * from Ealac's dun - see Early Generations of the Elkingtons of Bath, which you have. The "de Alchinton/Elkyngton" would have been enfiefed in feudal perpetuity at a later date, probably for military service to erase Yorkshire a couple of times. An image of the actual record is £3.50, if you want the Latin cursive. Don