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.

Horton

Early-attested site in the Parish of Bradworthy

Historical Forms

  • Hortona 1086 DB
  • Hort(h)on 1242 Fees772 1279 Ipm

Etymology

'Dirty farm,' v. horh , tun .