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.

Hammerton Hall

Early-attested site in the Parish of Slaidburn

Historical Forms

  • Hamereton 1086 DB
  • Hamerton c.1190 Fount 1190–1210 YChvii l.12 Puds c.1208 Kirkst 1258 YI 1672 Dep
  • Hamerton in Bouland 1538 MinAcct

Etymology

Hammerton Hall, 1667 PRGis, Hamereton 1086 DB, Hamerton c. 1190 Fount, 1190–1210 YCh vii, l. 12 Puds (p), c. 1208 Kirkst, 1258 YIet passim to 1672Dep , Hamerton in Bouland 1538MinAcct . 'Farmstead on the steep cliff', v. hamarr (hamor), tūn .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site