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.

Garton

Major Settlement in the Parish of Garton

Historical Forms

  • Gartun, Garton 1086 DB
  • Garton(a) 1190 YCh 1216–21 RegAlb t.Hy3 BM 1240 FF 1828 Langd
  • Gartun in Holdernesse 1306 YI

Etymology

'Farmstead in or near the triangular piece of land,' v. gara , tun . Cf. Garton infra 96. In each of these examples the angle may be that formed at road-junctions.

Places in the same Parish

Major Settlement