Survey of English Place-Names

A county-by-county guide to the linguistic origins of England’s place-names – a project of the English Place-Name Society, founded 1923.

Horton

Major Settlement in the Parish of Horton

Historical Forms

Hortune 1086 DB

Horton by Colbroke 1376 Fine

Etymology

'Dirty farm' v. horh , tun .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Okehyde