Wallington (surname)
Wallington is a toponymic surname derived from a common English place name.[1] The name "Wallington" derives from the Anglo Saxon "Waletone" meaning "Farm of the serfs or Britons".[2][3]
People with the surname
[edit]- George Wallington (1924–1993), American jazz pianist and composer
- Jim Wallington (1944–1988), American featherweight boxer
- Jimmy Wallington (1907–1972), American radio and TV personality
- Mark Wallington (footballer) (born 1952), English goalkeeper
- Mark Wallington (writer) (born 1953), English author of "Boogie"
- Nehemiah Wallington (1598–1658), English Puritan artisan
References
[edit]- ^ Lower, Mark Antony (1860). Patronymica Britannica: A Dictionary of the Family Names of the United Kingdom. J.R. Smith. p. 370. ISBN 978-0-7884-0456-6.
- ^ "Wallington :: Survey of English Place-Names". epns.nottingham.ac.uk. Retrieved 2023-11-09.
- ^ Robarts, N. F. (1905). "Notes on a Recently Discovered British Camp Near Wallington". The Journal of the Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland. 35: 387–397. doi:10.2307/2843075. ISSN 0959-5295. JSTOR 2843075.
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