Survey of English Place-Names

Historical Forms

• Hoton(e) 1086 DB 1199 Ch 1232 RegAlbii,45 13 Ch 1283

• Hoton' Livet, Hoton' Lyvet 1243 Fees 1279 YI 1286 Feod 1297 LS 1533 FF

• Hoton Lyveth 1285 KI

• Hoton Leuet, Hoton Levet 1379 PT 1404 Pat 1488 FF

• Hotton 1218 FF

• Houton Lyvet 1246 FF

• Hutton Levet als. Howton 1588 FF

• Hootonlevitt 1641 Rates

• High Hooton 1771 M

• Hooton-Levett or High Hooton 1822 Langd

Etymology

'Farmstead on the spur of land', v. hōh , tūn . Hooton is on the high ground (hence the late affix 'high'), where it slopes steeply down to Maltby Dike. Distinguishing it from Hooton Pagnell 87, Hooton Roberts 124supra , etc., Livet is the name of a family which held land here in the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries (cf. RegAlb ii, 45, 1243 Fees ii, 1099, 1270 YI 200, 1333 FF, et freq ).