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.

Luton

Early-attested site in the Parish of Broadhembury

Historical Forms

Levinton 1227 Ch

Luyton 1249 Ass

Liuetone 1269 FF

Lynynton (sic) 1309 Ipm

Etymology

'Lēofa 's farm,' v. ingtun . Cf. Luton supra 488.

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement

Broadhembury