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.

Clayton

Major Settlement in the Parish of Clayton

Historical Forms

  • Glaitone, Glaytone 1073 France 1274 Pat
  • Claitune 1086 DB
  • Clayton(e) 1284 FA
  • Cleitun(e) 1107–18 AC 1219 FF
  • Cleiton, Cleyton 1150 Sele 1253 Ipm 1347
  • Claetona 1121 AD464

Etymology

'Farm on the clay,' v. clæg , tun . Part of the parish lies on the gault, a clay-formation.