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.

Clayton West

Major Settlement in the Parish of High Hoyland

Historical Forms

  • Clactone, Claitone 1086 DB
  • Cleitun, Cleiton 12 YDi 1204–9 ib
  • Cleyton 1284 Abbr 1526 FF
  • Claitun, Claytun, Claiton(e) 1193–1211 YCh 1194 BM a.1230 YDiv 1243 Fees 1296 LacyComp 1549 YDvi
  • Claitun West 1822 Langd
  • Claton 1297 LS 1323 MinAcct
  • Cleeton 1444 YDxii,235

Etymology

'Clay farmstead', v. clǣg , tūn . 'West' in relation to Clayton 89supra .