Survey of English Place-Names

Historical Forms

• Hotone 1086 DB

• Hotun 1178 Facs 13 ChRR 1507 Sheaf 1274

• Hoton e13 AddCh 1545 ChRR

• Hoton in Wirall e13 Orm2 16

• Hoton Wyrall 1423 Pat

• Hoton cum Rouakre 1385 ChFor

• Hutton 1344(p),1409 ChRR 1539–47,1579 Dugd

• Hoghton 1346 BPR

• Houghton 1353 ib

• Ho(u)ghton 1474 ChRR

• Hoghton 1361 ib

• Houghton 1694 ChetOSviii

• Houlton 1369 Bark 1660 Sheaf

• Hulton 1553 Pat

• Hooton 1459 Pat 1552 Sheaf 17 AD Elizi ChRR 1563 Clif 1657 Sheaf 1723

• Hootton 1663 Sheaf

• Hooton Hall 1724 NotCestr

• Hooton Green 1831 Bry

• Houton 1561 Cre 1577 ChRR 1709 Blun

• Howton 1577 ChRR

Etymology

'Farm at a hill or promontory', from hōh and tūn , with hyll hall and grēne 2 . For Rouakre , v. Rivacre infra .