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.

Lutton

Major Settlement in the Parish of Lutton

Historical Forms

  • Lundingtun c.970 BCS1130 c.1200
  • Ludyngtone 1052–65 ChronRams 13th FF 1430
  • Luditone, Lidintone, Lidentone 1086 DB
  • Lodington 12th Survey 1428 FA
  • Loudington 1329 Ipm
  • Ludyngton-on-Brouneswold 1339 Ipm, Cl
  • Ludyngton juxta Brouneswold 1430 FF
  • Luddyngton 1394 Cl
  • Lutton al. Ludington 1428 IpmR
  • Lutton al. Luddington 1601 Recov

Etymology

'Luda 's farm,' v. ingtun . For the addition 'on Brouneswold,' 'juxta Brouneswold,' cf. Newton Bromswold supra 193. The first form is clearly due to an error of transcription.

Places in the same Parish

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