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.

Calton Houses

Early-attested site in the Parish of Edensor

Historical Forms

  • Kalton(e), Calton(e) c.1192 Shir 1205 FineR late13th HardCh
  • Cawton 1577 Saxton 1610 Speed

Etymology

Calton Houses, Kalton (e ), Calton (e )c. 1192 Shir (p), 1205 FineR, late 13thHardCh et passim , Cawton 1577 Saxton, 1610 Speedet passim on maps to late 18th. Probably 'cold farm', v. cald , tūn , and supra 46. For spellings in Caw -, v. supra lii.