Survey of English Place-Names

Historical Forms

• Lochintone 1086 DB

• Lufton 1152–8 NLC

• Lugton(a) 1155 NLC 1186 P

• Locoton 1160–5 NLC

• Luctune 1199 NLC

• Lughton(e) 1219 WellsR 1237–40 Fees 1325,1362 Cl 1367 Pat 1376 Cl

• Luwetune 1235 NLC

• Luhtone 1241 Ass

• Luffton 1242 Fees892

• Luchton 1242 Fees872 1245 Gross 1262 Ass

• Lauton c.1275 Bodl48

• Lucton 1284 FA

• Loghton 1300 Ipm 1316 FA

• Louton 1284,1302 FA

• Loughton(e) 1300–20 Linc 1345 FA 1352 Ipm 1378 Cl 1493 Ipm

• Lowton 1512 LP

Etymology

OE  Luhingtūn , 'Luha's farm.' Cf. Luhantreow in Crawford Charters 49 (10th cent. MS). The name Luha occurs once, at the beginning of the 10th cent. The variant forms are largely due to the difficulty of the medial spirant [χ], which at one stage showed signs of developing to f . Cf. Broughton, Woughton infra . There were two parishes, Great and Little, but these were united in 1409 (VCH ). v. ingtun .