Halton
Major Settlement in the Parish of Halton
Historical Forms
- Healtun c.1033 KCD1321 13th
- Haltone 1086 DB 1195 Cur(P)
- Halkhton 1237–40 Fees
- Haulton 1766 J
Etymology
v. healh , tun . The sense of healh here is aptly fixed by Lipscomb (ii. 319) who says that Halton is situated in a sandy track on the side of the Chiltern Hills.