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.

Oxton

Major Settlement in the Parish of Woodchurch

Historical Forms

  • Oxton 13 ChRR 1605 Cl 1275
  • Oxton alias Oxon 1616 ChRR
  • Oxtone 1275 Ipm
  • Oxeton 1278 Ipm
  • Oxon 1549 Orm2 1566,1611,1652 Sheaf 1724 NotCestr 1818 Sheaf
  • Oxton alias Oxon 1616 ChRR
  • Oxon alias Oxton 1620 Orm2

Etymology

'Farm, or enclosure, where oxen are kept', v. oxa , tūn .