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.

Lupton Ho

Early-attested site in the Parish of Brixham

Historical Forms

  • Lochetona 1086 DB
  • Loketon 1285 FA
  • Lokatone 1293 FF
  • Logheton 1346 FA
  • Lughaton' 1242 Fees769
  • Lugheton(e) 1242 Fees795 1323 Orig
  • Luckton 1409 Exon

Etymology

'Luh (h )a 's farm,' v . tun. Cf. Loughtor supra 253.