Holton Le Moor
Major Settlement in the Parish of Holton le Moor
Historical Forms
- Hoctun(e) 1086 DB
- Hocton' 1168,1170,1177 P
- Hotton' 1184 ib
- Houtuna c.1115 LS
- Houton' 1181,1182,1183 P 1196 ChancR c.1200 RAiv 1204 P 1218 Ass 1226 FF 1461 Pat
- Heuton' 1185 Templar
- Houton in Mora 1327 SR
- Houton in mora 1332 ib
- Houton “in the More” 1328 Banco 1414 Fine 1431 FA
- Houton in la More 1331 Ch
- Houton in le More 1375 Pat
- Houton in le Mor 1387 Peace
- Howeton' 1202 Ass 1408 Fine 1415 Cl
- Howeton' “in the More” 1401–2 FA
- Howton 1402,1428 FA 1576 Saxton 1610 Speed
- Howton “in the Moor” 1472 WillsPCC
- Howton in le Marche 1509 Ipm
- Howton over ye More 1539 LPxiv
- Howton ye Moor 1695 Morden
- Holton 1556 CA 1600–01 Lanc 1657 Rad
- Holton by more 1653 ParlSurv
- Holton in the Moore 1653 WillsPCC
- Holton in le Moore 1657 BRA 1676 MiD
- Holton in le More 1679 ib
- Holton le Moor 1824 O
- Houghton otherwise called Holton in le More 1610 MiD
- Houghton als Holton in le Moore 1698 ib
- Howlton in the more 1649 Asw
- Houlton in the Moore 1673 MiD
- Houlton in le Moore 1683 ib
Etymology
'The farmstead or village on a hill-spur', v. hōh , tūn , the modern village lying on the eastern slope of a definite spur of land. The affix is from mōr 1 'a moor', though note that it is once described as in le Marche .