Littleton
Major Settlement in the Parish of Littleton
Historical Forms
- Littleton 1042–66 WDB 13th FF 1298,1310
- Litleton, Lytleton 1184 P 1235,1280 FF 1274 Ass 1291 Tax
- Littilton 1282 FF
- Litelton, Lytelton 1336 Pat
- Littelton near Stanys 1375 Hust
- Lyttelton 1469 FF
- Lutleton 1204 FF 1294 Ass
- Litlinton 1206 Abbr 1242 Fees
- Lytlynton 1294 Ass
- Littlinton 1321 FF
- Litlynton juxta Certesey 1373 Ipm
- Lut(e)lynton 1274 Ass 1347 FF
- Lutilynton 1341 ib
- Lutelington 1274 Ass
- Lutelyngton 1347 FF
- Luttelyngton 1356 ib
- Littelyngton, Littelingeton 1274 Ass
- Littelyngton 1350 Ch
- Lytlyngton 1428 FA 1445 BM
- Letelyngton 1341 NI 1351 Ch
- Littleton al. Litlington t.Eliz ChancP
Etymology
The exact interpretation of this apparently simple name is not quite certain. Probably the differing ME forms arise from nom. lyteltun or lytela tun and dat. lytelantun , '(at the) small enclosure or farm,' v. tun . Certesey is Chertsey (Sr).