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.

Mapleton

Major Settlement in the Parish of Mapleton

Historical Forms

  • Mapletune 1086 DB
  • Mapleton 1573 HMC 1676 DbAvii
  • Mapelton(e), Mapeltona, Mapilton(e), Mapiltona 1159–66 Darley 1169 P c.1200 RegAnt 1240 FF 1241 RegAnt 1439 Okeover
  • Mapyltone 1258 FF
  • Mappilton 1293 WollCh
  • Mapulton 1229,1269,1270 DbAxxxii 1291 Tax 1577 DbAi
  • Maplinton 1577 Saxton 1610 Speed

Etymology

'Maple-tree farm', v. mapel , tūn . Mapleton is the spelling of the O.S. The local spelling is Mappleton.

Places in the same Parish