Hoton
Major Settlement in the Parish of Hoton
Historical Forms
- Hohtone 1086 DB
- Holetone 1086 DB
- Horton' c.1130 LeicSurv
- Houtuna 1139×47 RegAnt c.1180 Gilb 1411 Dane c.1200
- Houtun l.12 BHosp 1236 Fees
- Houtona l.12 GarCart c.1200 Dane 1261×70 BM
- Houtona iuxta Prestewald 1261×70 ib
- Houton(') l.12 GarCart l.12 Dane 1198 Fees e.13 GarCart 1328 MiD 1333 GarCart 1389,1399 BM
- Houton(') iuxta Prestewold 1369 Pat
- Houtton 1271 Ipm 1292 ib
- Howeton c.1250,1403 AD 1451 Banco
- Howeton iuxta Prestewald c.1250 BM
- Howton Hy3 1377 SR 1549 Pat 1626 LML
- Houghton 1370 Ipm 1485 BM 1630 LML
- Houghton juxta Prestwould 1630 ib
- Hoghton 1375 Cl
- Hotun' Hy3 Rut
- Hooton' 1258 Abbr
- Hotton 1502 MiscAccts 1541 MinAccts
- Hoton 1539 Ipm 1576 Saxton
- Hoton on-the-Hill 1712 LML
Etymology
'The farmstead, village on the hill spur', v. hōh , tūn . Note the affixes with MLat iuxta 'next to' and v. Prestwold infra .