Glinton
Major Settlement in the Parish of Glinton
Historical Forms
- Clinton 1060 KCD809 c.1350 ADii 13th Ass 1285
- Glinton(e) 1086 DB 1227 Ch
- Clemton 1194 Cur
- Glintonhowe 1209 FF
- Glenton 1285 Ass
Etymology
This is a difficult name. It is on the dead level, and so cannot contain ODan klint , 'hill.' It is on a stream, and it is possible that this is another example of the river-name Glym (e ) found in Oxfordshire (Glim in BCS 1043). Clemton may preserve a further trace of the m . For confusion of c and g , cf. Glendon and Glapthorn supra 113, 203.