Liverton
Major Settlement in the Parish of Liverton
Historical Forms
- Liuretun 1086 DB
- Livertun 1165–75 YCh p.1180 Whitby
- Liverton(a), Lyverton(a) 1175–80 YCh 1181 P
- Leverton c.1200 BM 1300 YI 1571 FF 1577 Saxton
Etymology
With this name cf. Liverpool (Ekwall, PN La 117), Liversedge (YWR), DBLiuresech , and Livermere (Sf), Liuremere 12 BM, Lyvermere 1224 ClR. The first element is probably in each case a stream-name which Professor Ekwall connects with OE lyfrig (-blōd ), ME livered 'coagulated, clotted.' The Norw river- name Levra , earlier Lifr - 'stream with thick water' (Rygh, NElv 145, s.v. Lifr -) is a parallel to the stream-name contained in these English place-names. Liverton stands on Liverton Beck. v. tun .