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.

Notton, Notton Fm

Early-attested site in the Parish of Maiden Newton

Historical Forms

  • Natton(') 1288 Ass 1350 FF 1405 Cl 1412 IpmR 1426 Ilch 1428 Cl
  • Netton 1289,1309 Drew
  • Neton 1370 FF
  • Notton(') 1355 Ipm 1527 Winch 1553 Drew
  • Notton Farm 1837 TA

Etymology

'Cattle farm', v. nēat , tūn , cf. Netton PN D 258, PN W 364, and (with an analogous development a > o ) Notton PN W 103, v. Ekwall Studies2 63.