Houghton
Early-attested site in the Parish of Bigbury
Historical Forms
- Hugheton' 1242 Fees770 1303 FA 1330 SR
- Hueton 1249 Ass
- Huginton 1249 Ass
- Hugaton 1301 Ipm
- Hogeton, Hoggeton 1346 FA
- Hoghton 1428 FA
Etymology
This is a difficult name. We may perhaps suggest an unrecorded OE pers. name Huhha or Huga , hence 'Huhha 's or Huga 's farm.' The other possibility is that we have ME Hughe , Huwe (cf. Hoo Meavy supra 230), a pers. name which appears in 1333 (SR ) as Hugha . This would suit Hewton supra 207 and Howton in Moretonhampstead infra 485 better, where we have no forms with -inton or with gg . Houghton in High Week does show forms with double g .