Lockton
Major Settlement in the Parish of Lockton
Historical Forms
- Lochetun 1086 DB
- Loketon 1167 P 1303 KF
- Lokeintun 1170–88 YCh
- Lokinton(e), Lokynton(e) 1198,1250 Fees 1322 NRS
- Loquinton 1226–8 Fees
- Locatun c.1250 Malton
- Lokton(e), Locton(e) 1285 KI 1577 FF
Etymology
'Loca's farm' v. ingtun . The name Loca is a weak form of the OE pers. name Loc adduced by Ekwall (PN in -ing 70).Derivation from a pers. name explains the forms Lokinton (from an OE by-form Locingtun , by the side of Locantun ). Cf. also Lockington (YER), Lochetun DB, Lokyngton 1285 KI, 1316 Vill.