Norton le Clay
Major Settlement in the Parish of Cundall
Historical Forms
- Norton(e) 1086 DB
- Norton(e) in le Drit 1301 LS
- Norton(e) in the Cley 1536 YChant
- Norton(e) in luto 1578 FF
Etymology
'North farm' v. norþ , tun . The affix drit is from ON drit 'dirt'; Lat. lutum = OE clæg 'clay'; all these words refer to the clayey, swampy nature of the land round Norton. For le , v. Barton le Willows 38supra . 'North,' perhaps in relation to Boroughbridge, three miles to the south.