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Survey of English Place-Names

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Loyton

Early-attested site in the Parish of Morebath

Historical Forms

  • Loy(e)ton 1330,1333 SR
  • Lawton 1530,1533 Wardens

Etymology

Professor Ekwall suggests that we may have here the OE  *hlīeg , 'warmth, shelter,' postulated by Skeat (PN Sf 56) in explanation of Layham, earlier Hligham . The form Loye - would be a ME dialectal development.

Places in the same Parish