Luton
Major Settlement in the Parish of Luton
Historical Forms
- Lygetun 792 BCS264 c.1250
- Lygtun 917 ASC c.925
- Ligtun 914 ASC c.1050
- Loitone 1086 DB 1158 P
- Luitun, Luytun 1156 P 1279 Ipm c.1300 Gaimar
- Luiton(a), Luyton 1161 P 1415 BM
- Luton 1195 FF
- Lutton 1240 Ass 1342 Ipm 1381 Cl
- Louytone 1276 Ass
- Lytone E1 BM
- Luton al. Lutton 1288 Ipm
- Lowton 1291 Tax
- Leuton 1293 Cl
- Luton al. Luyton 1304 Ipm
- L(o)ughton 1376 Cl
- Luton Soke Hy5 ADiii
- Luton Soken 1590 BM
Etymology
'Farm by the Lea river' v. Lea, R. supra 8. For the terms Soke and Soken , v. Eaton Socon supra 54.