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.

Little Carlton

Early-attested site in the Parish of North Carlton

Historical Forms

  • Parva Karleton 1223 Welles 1268 RRGr
  • Parva Carleton' 1254 ValNor 1292 RSu e14 Selby
  • Parva Carleton 1428 FA
  • parua Carleton' Ed1 Barl
  • parva Carleton 1291 Tax
  • Parua Carlton' 1327 SR
  • Parva Carlton 1341 NI
  • rectory of Little Carlton 1849 TA

Etymology

Cf. Great Carlton and Little Carlton in Louthesk Wapentake LSR. Note that the minor names from Middle Carlton and Little Carlton documents are included under the current parish name North Carlton which now embraces these areas.