English Place-name Society

Survey of English Place-Names

A county-by-county guide to the linguistic origins of England’s place-names – a project of the English Place-Name Society, founded 1923.

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 .