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

Major Settlement in the Parish of Horton cum Studley

Historical Forms

  • Hortun 1005–12 Thorney c.1325–50

Etymology

'Dirty,' or perhaps 'muddy, tūn,' v. horh .