Latton
Major Settlement in the Parish of Latton
Historical Forms
- Lattunā 1086 DB
- Lattun 13th BM
- Latton(e) 1212 RBE
- Latton(e) alias Latton(e) Tan(e)y 1270 Ipm 1276 For
- Lacton(e) 1212 RBE 1255 Ass 1310 FF
- Lettone 1212 RBE
- Leketon 1352 AD
- Lecton, Laton 1535 VE
- Latton al. Lecton 1549 Pat
- Latten (map), Laten or Leyton 1594 N
Etymology
This is a difficult name, and one cannot be sure from about 1200 onwards whether forms transcribed with ct are really tt - forms, or vice versa . It is probably OE leactun, '(kitchen)-garden.'Cf. East Layton (PN NRY 300), DB Latton , and Latton (W), DBLatone , 1241 FineR Latton . In such cases assimilation of ct to tt must have taken place before the development of the diphthong au from a or of ei from e before [χt]. Taney from the family of Richard de Tani who held the manor of Latton Hall (1270 M).