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.

Kearton

Early-attested site in the Parish of Grinton

Historical Forms

Kirton 1298 YI

Kerton 1301 LS 1646 Grinton

Etymology

The forms are too late for any certainty.

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Major Settlement