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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.

Temple Normanton

Major Settlement in the Parish of Temple Normanton

Historical Forms

  • Normantune 1086 DB 1185 Templars
  • Normanton(a) e.13th RegAnt Hy3 DbCh 1284–6 FA
  • Normanton Templer 1330 Ass
  • North Normanton 1460 DbCh

Etymology

'Farm of the Norwegians', v. Norðman , tūn . It is North to distinguish from South Normanton supra 280, and was held by the Templars (1185 Templars).

Places in the same Parish