English Place-name Society

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.

Larton

Early-attested site in the Parish of West Kirby

Historical Forms

  • Layrton 1291 Tax 1347 ChFor 1349,1354 Eyre 1385 ChFor
  • Lairton 1345 Eyre 1516 Plea 1533 ChRR
  • Leyrton 1295 Tab
  • Leirton 1584 ChRR
  • Lareton 1459,1523(1571) ChRR
  • Larton 1517 AD 1527 ChRR 1592 Pat 1553 Sheaf 1646
  • Laverton 1552 Sheaf 17
  • Layton 1557 Sheaf
  • Park Farm 1831 Bry

Etymology

'Farm at a clayey place', from leirr and ON  tún or OE  tūn.