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.

Norton

Major Settlement in the Parish of Norton

Historical Forms

Norton(e), Nortun(a) 1086 DB 1156–7 YCh354

Norton(e) super Derewent' 1204 ChR

Northun 1169,1178 Malton

Northon c.1285 ib

Etymology

'North farm,' in relation to Sutton infra .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name