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.

Hutton Lowcross

Major Settlement in the Parish of Guisborough

Historical Forms

Hotun 1086 DB 1170–85 YCh

Hoton(a) 1189 Guis

Hoton(a) juxta Gis(e)burne 1301 LS

Etymology

'Farm on the spur of land' v. hoh , tun and Lowcross infra .

Places in the same Parish

Major Settlement