Survey of English Place-Names

Historical Forms

• Normanton(') c.1130 LeicSurv e.13 Rut e.13 Wyg 1203,1205 Cur e.Hy3 Rut

• Normanton(') in le Vale 1338 Hosp

• Normanton(') iuxta Bottellesforde 1395 Rut

• Normanton(') iuxta Bot(t)elesford' 1398 1420 Wyg 1449 Rut

• Normantona 1209×19 RHug

• Normantone 1253 Rut

• Normantun Hy3 ib

• Normanneton' 1230 Cur

• Northmanton 1624 Terrier

• Norminton 1625 Terrier

• Normington 1712 ib

Etymology

'The farmstead, village of the Norwegians', v. Norðman (Norð- manna gen.pl.), tūn . The settlement lies in the Vale of Belvoir, hence ~ in le Vale 1338, v. val . The 1230 form preserves the original gen.pl. construction.