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.

Horton

Major Settlement in the Parish of Horton

Historical Forms

  • Horton(e) 1086 DB
  • Horton outside Northampton 1290 Ipm
  • Hortun 1224 ClR 1236 Cl
  • Horton juxta Haclynton 1317 Ass
  • Hurton 1301–4 Ipm

Etymology

'Muddy farm,' v. horh , tun . Distinguished as 'outside' Northampton and 'near' Hackleton.

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name