Survey of English Place-Names

Historical Forms

• luttringtun 963 RegAlbi,56d 13

• Lutering-tun, on Luteringa-tune c.1030 YCh7

• Luterintorp 1167 P

• Luttringtona c.1170,1184 Pont

• Lotrinton' 1196 P

• Lotrington' 1298 Hom

• Lotryngton' 1365 FF

• Luterinton' 1201,1208 Cur

• Luterington' 13 YDi 1225,1236 FF 1246 Ass28 a.1266 KF 1278 YI 1455 YDii

• Lutrigton(a) 1208 FF

• Lutrinton(a) 1208 Cur 1210 P

• Lutrington(a), Lutryngton(a) c.1216 RegAlbiii,50 1300 Ebor 1303 Aid 1340 Ass4d 1352 YDi 1542 YDii

• Luteringerton 1252 Ch

• Loderington 1454 YDi

• Loderton 1540 WillY

• Lodeton 1540 FF

• Lutterton 1544 Testvi

• Lutterton als. Luttryngton 1567 FF

• Ludderton 1556 FF

• Lutherton 1681 SelbyW

• Lotherton 1557 WillY 1564,1587 FF 1659 SelbyW

• Lotheryngton 1594 FF

• Lutherington 1610 Arm

• Lutterington als. Lutherton 1608,1620 FF

• Luteringtun c. 900 Cuthb

• Lutresurde 1086 DB

Etymology

Any suggestion that the first el. contains OE  hlūttor 'bright' as a stream-name is out of the question topographically, as there appears to be no stream in the township except Cock Beck which for a few hundred yards forms its northern boundary; the terrain is hilly and Lotherton Hall, the only place of note, is near the top of a hill.The most probable explanation is one made by Karlström 90 that it is an OE  pers.n. Hlūt (t )or which appears also to enter into Lutterington Du 138 (OE Luteringtun c. 900 Cuthb) and probably Lutterworth Lei (Lutresurde 1086 DB). Etymologically the use of an adj. like hlūtor 'bright, pure, sincere' as a pers.n. is paralleled by such names as Beorht (from beorht 'bright') or Snoter (from snotor 'wise').'Farmstead associated with Hlutor', v. -ing 4 , tūn . On the loss of initial h - (in hl -) in late OE cf. Bülbring § 480. The later forms which have medial -d - and -th - arise through the interchange of dentals in the neighbourhood of -r - (cf. EDGr § 284, 297, 314–15).