Orton
Major Settlement in the Parish of Orton Longueville and Orton Waterville
Historical Forms
- ofertuninga gemære 955 BCS909 c.1200
- æt Ofertune 958 BCS1043 c.1200
- Ovretune, Ovretone 1086 DB
- Vuertun' 1158 P
- Ouerton 1200 FF
- Overton Henrici de Longa Villa 1220 Fees334
- Overton Lungheuille 1227 Ass
- Ouertone Wateruile 1248 FF
- Longeuill 1286 Ass 1303 FA 1350–8 Ipm
- Lung(e)ville 1296 Cl 1298 FF 1314 FF 1316 FA 1403 ADii
- Longevyle 1428 FA 1490 Ipm 1546 FF
- Lungevile 1428 FA
- Longvile 1480 ADi 1492 Ipm
- Longfeld 1526 LS 1561 FF
- Langffeld 1527 BM
- Longfield 1532 BM
- Orton Long al. Overton Longville 1641 HMC
- Wautreville 1260 Ass
- Wautervile c.1300 BM
- Waltervill 1302 Ch
- Waterfeld 1548 FF
- Chery Orton 1548 FF
- Chyrry Orton 1552 FF
- Overton Watervile al. Cherihorton 1573 FF
Etymology
'Farm by the ofer or bank' (cf. Orton (Nth)). Longueville and Waltreville are the names of the feudal tenants of the manors, Cherry , here, as in Cherry Hinton (C), is a distinctive epithet applied at a late date from the cultivation of cherry- trees. Confusion between -ville and -feld , pronounced with voiced f as -veld , is common in p.n. (cf. PN Bk xxv). There are too many French places called Longueville for us to identify the home of this feudal tenant and no source for Waterville has been found.