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.

Norton

Major Settlement in the Parish of Norton

Historical Forms

Nortun(a) 1159–81 Holtzmann c.1179 Ch

Norton Cukney 1546 Wills

Northtowne Cuckney 1585 Thoresby

Norkukeneia 1205 Cur

Etymology

'North farm,' v. tun . It lies just north of Cuckney.

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name