Lartington
Major Settlement in the Parish of Romaldkirk
Historical Forms
- Lertinton 1086 DB
- Lyrtington, Lyrtyngton c.1130 SD 1184 RichReg 1327 Banco
- Lertinctona 1154–69 Marrick231
- Lirthinton' 1252 Pat
- Lirtington 1283 Rich 1289 Ebor 1301
- Lertington 1403 Test
Etymology
'Lyrta's farm' v. ingtun . There is no recorded pers. n. Lyrta or Lyrti in OE , but, as Professor Ekwall suggests, we may have a mutated form of the pers. n. found in Lortan hlæw (BCS 705) and Lortinges bourne (ib. 279 A). Cf. also Lortelegh in Cottingham (1281 Ipm).