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CHERRINGTON Family History

Recorded as Carrington, Charrington, or Cherrington, this is an Anglo-Scottish surname. It is locational and originates either from Carrington in the English counties of Cheshire and Lincolnshire, Cherrington, of which there are two villages, one in Warwickshire and the other in Salop, or in the case of Scottish name holders, from the estate known as "The lands of Carrington" in the county of East Lothian. In all cases the derivation is from the pre 7th century Old English word 'carr', meaning a rock, but probably used originally as a personal name, with the suffix '-ing" meaning the people of , and '-ton', a farm or settlement.