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Survey of English Place-Names

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Glutton

Other OS name in the Parish of Hartington Middle Quarter

Historical Forms

  • Glotonhous 1415 DuLaMB 1417 MinAcct 1482 DuLa 1514 DuLaMB
  • Glatton 1617 Hard

Etymology

, Glotonhous 1415DuLaMB , 1417MinAcct , 1482DuLa , 1514DuLaMB , Glatton 1617Hard , the first element being ME  gloton ' glutton ' , perhaps here a pers. n .