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.

Hatherton

Major Settlement in the Parish of Wybunbury

Historical Forms

  • Haretone 1086 DB
  • Hatherton 1262 JRC
  • Hathertona c.1310 Chest
  • Atherton 1325 AddRoll 1420 BPR 1364 Chol 1559
  • Hathirton 1396 Fine 1434 ChRR
  • Hathurton 1398 ChRR 1470 Comb
  • Hatherton alias Had(d)erton 1567,1577 ChRR
  • Hathyerton 1341 AddCh
  • Hartherton 1400 ChRR
  • (H)Ad(d)erton 1473,1536 ChRR 1514 ChEx 1543 Plea 1567,1577 ChRR

Etymology

'Hawthorn farm or enclosure', v. hagu-þorn, tūn .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site