Accrington
town · Lancashire
Old EnglishSurmised
Probable2 sources · historical forms · name elements
Accrington likely means 'Acrea's people' or 'the people of the cultivated land'. The '-ing' suffix denotes a people or followers.
Word origins
- Accrington
- Old EnglishAttestedAcrea's people(from Acrea "personal name", -ing "people of", tun "settlement, farmstead")
Historical forms
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