Houghton on the Hill
Major Settlement in the Parish of Houghton on the Hill
Historical Forms
- Hohtone 1086 DB
- Hohtona l.12 Dane
- Hoctona 1130 P
- Hoctun' a.1166 Rut
- Hocton' 1209,1210 Pat 1264 GildR 1280×92 Wyg
- Hoctone 1247×60 ib
- Hoktorf a.1250 LCDeeds
- Houcton(e) 1242 RGros 1253 Cur 1280×92 Wyg 1360 Peake
- Houchton 1246 RGros
- Hoghton(e) 1220 RHug 1261 Cur 1306 Pat 1307 Banco 1402 Pat 1437 Banco
- Houton(e) 1253×58 RHug 1273 Wyg 1349 Cl 1370 Pat
- Houghton 1247 LRoll 1579 Hazlerigg 1306
- Houghton on the Hill 1628,1708 LML
- Houghton super Montem 1723 1729 MiscAccts
- Howghton 1535 VE 1539 MinAccts 1571 LEpis
- Howten 1348 Wyg
- Howton 1381 SR 1386 Cl
- Howeton 1403 AD
- Hawton 1430 Fine 1435,1468 Cl
- Haughton 1518 Visit 1610 Speed
Etymology
'The farmstead, village on the hill-spur', v. hōh , tūn . The 18th-cent. suffix - super Montem , with Lat mons (montem acc.sg.) 'a hill', is simply a clerical and learned version of the earlier popular ~ on the Hill .