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.

Hayton

Major Settlement in the Parish of Hayton

Historical Forms

  • Hayton t.Hy1 Dugdvi t.Hy2 Ch 1316
  • Haythona c.1220 BM
  • Haiton 1225 HCY 14th
  • Hayton 1225 BorRec
  • Hayton juxta Retford 1291 Ass
  • Heiton 1175 P
  • Heyton 1249 Cl 1289 FF t.Ed1 Welbeck 1310–16 Ch 1428 FA

Etymology

This name would seem to be a compound of heg and tun , 'hay-farm.'

Places in the same Parish