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.

Houghton Conquest

Major Settlement in the Parish of Houghton Conquest

Historical Forms

  • (H)oustone 1086 DB
  • Octona John Ch 1227
  • Hocton 1202 Ass 1224 FF 1247 Ass
  • Hoghton 1220 LS 1297
  • Hohton 1227 Ass
  • Houton 1242 Fees868 1274 Cl 1276 Ass
  • Houcton 1247 Ass
  • Houghton 1287 Ass
  • Houghton Conquest 1316 FA
  • Horton 1675 Ogilby

Etymology

v. hoh , tun . 'Farm on the spur of land.' The Conquest family are first associated with it in 1223 (FF).

Places in the same Parish