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.

Liverton

Early-attested site in the Parish of Ilsington

Historical Forms

  • Levinton 1227 Ch
  • Leuetone 1342 Exon
  • Levaton 1566 DA
  • Luueton 1333 SR 1339 Ass
  • Lyueton 1336,1339 Ass 1408 Ass

Etymology

'Lēofa 's farm,' v. tun .