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.

Dalton

Major Settlement in the Parish of Topcliffe

Historical Forms

Deltune 1086 DB

Dautona c.1200 Guis

Daweton 1573 FF

Dalton 13 Percy 1252 Ass

Etymology

'Valley farm' v. dæl , tun .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Major Settlement