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.

Garton on the Wolds

Major Settlement in the Parish of Garton on the Wolds

Historical Forms

  • Gartun(e), Garton 1086 DB
  • Garton(a), Gartun, Gartone 12th Kirkham 1156–7 YCh354 1518 FF
  • Gartun(e) in Waldo 1208 FF
  • Gartun(e) super Waldas 1301 YI
  • Gartun(e) in Wald 1347 BevAct
  • Gartun(e) juxta Wetewang 1376 FF
  • Gartun(e) on the Wold 1538,1559 FF
  • Gartun(e) le Woold, Gartun(e) in le Woold 1610 FF

Etymology

v. Garton and The Wolds supra 58, 13.

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site