Normanton
Major Settlement in the Parish of Normanton
Historical Forms
- Normanestune 1086 DB
- Normantun(e), Normanton(e) 1086 DB 1157 Darley c.1166 AddCh 1196 ChancR 1202,1205,1207 P 1212 Fees
- Normanton(e) iuxta Derb(e) 1281 Ass 1281 Darley
- Normanton(e) near Darbie 1585 Potter
- Normenton' 1195 P 1196 ChancR 1197,1198,1199 P 1242 et passim
- Normonton' 1291 Tax 1348 Darley
Etymology
'Farm of the Norwegians', v. Norðman , tūn ; cf. South and Temple Normanton supra 280, 282. The forms Normanes - is clearly an error in view of all the later forms.