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.

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.

Places in the same Parish