Quarrington Family History

from Quarrington Farm in Mersham (Kent) which is recorded as Gwederyngton in 138. The place-name appears to derive from an uncertain first element + Old English connective -ing- + tūn ‘farmstead estate’. Some of the early bearers cited here may belong to (2).

from Quarrington (Lincs) which is recorded as Querentonam in a late 13th century copy of a document from 1051 Cornintone in 1086 and Querington(e) from 1219–1346. The place-name derives from Old English cweorn ‘quern hand mill mill’ + tūn ‘farmstead estate’.