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Survey of English Place-Names

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Dalton Piercy

Major Settlement in the Parish of Hart

Historical Forms

  • Daltun c.1150 Guis
  • Daltone 1235(p),1236(p),1242×3 Ass
  • Dalton 1242×3 1548,1566 Ct
  • Dalton' 1306 RPD 14th Ct
  • dalton' 1407 Ct
  • Dawton 1637 Camden
  • Dalton' super Tese 1312 RPD
  • Dalton Percy 1370 AD 1381×2etfreqto1564 IPM
  • Dalton Pearcy 1644 SurteesIII98
  • Dalton Peircy, Dalton Piercy 1729 Hud 1732 NRCbox7
  • Dalton next Ellewyk 1440×1 IMP

Etymology

'Valley settlement', OE  dæl + tūn. The village lies beside the small valley of a stream draining south into Greatham Creek. The estate, originally a Bruce manor, passed to William de Percy by marriage in the early 13th cent., VCH III 255.