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.

Elmton

Major Settlement in the Parish of Elmton

Historical Forms

  • Helmetune 1086 DB
  • Elmeton(e) 1176,1177 P 1219 FC(L) 1232,1237 Thurgarton 1243 Fees 17th
  • Elmton 1286 Welbeck 1424 DbCh 1577 DbAi
  • Elmenton 1276 RH
  • Haumeton Hy2,c.1240 Thurgarton
  • Aumeton 1252 Ch
  • Elmedon 1296 IpmR
  • Elmdon 1291 Pat

Etymology

'Farm of the elms', v. elm (gen.pl. elma ), tūn , with a single form from elmen (adj.). For forms in H - and (H )au -, cf. Elmdon (PN Wa 60) and Elmley Lovett (PN Wo 240).