English Place-name Society

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.

Lartington

Major Settlement in the Parish of Romaldkirk

Historical Forms

  • Lertinton 1086 DB
  • Lyrtington, Lyrtyngton c.1130 SD 1184 RichReg 1327 Banco
  • Lertinctona 1154–69 Marrick231
  • Lirthinton' 1252 Pat
  • Lirtington 1283 Rich 1289 Ebor 1301
  • Lertington 1403 Test

Etymology

'Lyrta's farm' v. ingtun . There is no recorded pers. n. Lyrta or Lyrti in OE , but, as Professor Ekwall suggests, we may have a mutated form of the pers. n. found in Lortan hlæw (BCS 705) and Lortinges bourne (ib. 279 A). Cf. also Lortelegh in Cottingham (1281 Ipm).