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.

Carlton

Major Settlement in the Parish of Carlton

Historical Forms

  • Karleton 1182 P 1276–88 Ipm
  • Karleton juxta Notingham 1294 Ass
  • Carleton 1197 P
  • Carleton juxta Gedelyng 1294 Ass
  • Carleton juxta Notingham 1302 ib
  • Carleton neigh Gedling 1507 Wollaton
  • Kariltun' 1235 Fees

Etymology

v. karla-tun and Carlton in Lindrick supra 72.

Places in the same Parish