Dunton
Major Settlement in the Parish of Dunton
Historical Forms
- Dantuna, Dantunā 1086 DB
- Dunton(a) 1200 P 1229 Pat 1231 Bracton
- Dunton(a) juxta Herwardstoke 1372 IpmR
- Dunton(a) Weylate 1384 Cl
- Duntune 1254 FF
- Dont(h)on(e) 1291 Tax 1331 Ipm 1420 FA
- Dounton 1323 Londin 1327–43 Cl
- Dounton Weylate, Dounton Waylate 1395 Cl 1451 Pat
- Downton Waylate 1550 Pat
- Denton 1345 Cl 1372 Londin
Etymology
'Hill-farm,' v. dun , tun . For Den - cf. s. n. Doddinghurst supra 152–3. Weylate < OE weg -gelǣtu , 'a place where roads meet.' Cf. ffoureweylate (1445Ct ), the ffyvewaylete (t. Hy 8Survey ). It is used of the manor, town and church, though it is really applicable only to the farm of Dunton Wayletts infra .For Herwardstoke v. Stock infra 269.