Coryton
Major Settlement in the Parish of Coryton
Historical Forms
- curitune, æt curitune, curritune, æt curritune, curri tune, æt curri tune c.970 BCS1246,1249
- Curiton(e) 1238 Cl 1242 Fees757 1261,1279 Exon
- Curiton(e) juxta Lydeford 1339 Ass
- Cureton 1377 SR
- Coriton(a) 1086 DB 1236 Cl 1284 FA
- Corryton 1293 Pat
- Coreton c.1420 Exon
- Coryngton 1547 SR
Etymology
Ekwall (RN 97) suggests that the first element may be an old name of the river Lyd, there being mention also of a Curiford (1242 Fees 773), Coryfforde (1346 FA), and a place in the parish Coryhill, for which no early forms have been found. This is very likely, since Lyd is an English name and the river must have had an earlier British name. For this river-name v. Cory supra 160.