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.

Lawton

Other OS name in the Parish of Rotherham

Historical Forms

  • Laughton Croft 1800 Fairb

Etymology

, Laughton Croft 1800 Fairb , v. lēac-tūn ' herbgarden ' , cf. Laughton en le Morthen 142supra .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name