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.

Carlton

Major Settlement in the Parish of Carlton

Historical Forms

  • Carlentone 1086 DB
  • Carlinton c.1175 BHRSii.131
  • Carleton 1198 FF
  • Cherlton 1227 Ass
  • Carlton 1240 Ass

Etymology

v. karla-tun. The most southerly example in England of this distinctively Scandinavian name.

Places in the same Parish

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