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

Early-attested site in the Parish of Stanwix

Historical Forms

  • Hotton 1246 Ipm
  • Huogton 1279 Ass
  • Houghton 1498 Ipm
  • Howghton 1535 VE
  • Hogton 1284 Ass
  • Hochton 1320 Ipm
  • Hoghton 1332 SR early16th CW(OS)iii
  • Magnam Houcton 1296 Carliol
  • Haughton 1675 Ogilby
  • the Mosse of Houghton 1589 ExchKR

Etymology

'tūnon the hōh.'