Survey of English Place-Names

Historical Forms

• Horton c.1200 Tab

• Horton iuxta Hertford 1361 ChFor

• Horton in Hertford 1381 Orm2

• Horton and Hertford 1558 ib

• Hertford alias Herford cum Horton 1581 ChRR

• Horton alias Hartford 1639 Orm2

• Hortona 13 Tab

• Orton 1541 Orm2

• Hortona alias Horton alias Hertford 1584 ChRR

• Horton Meadow 17 Chol

• Horton Field, Big Horton & Little Horton 1845 TA

• Horston c.1260(p),1436 Tab

Etymology

'Dirty farm' or 'muck-yard', v. horu , tūn . The rare Hors - form appears in seventeenth-century copies only, and is obviously erroneous. The site is the park of Hartford Manor.