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.

Normanton

Early-attested site in the Parish of Southwell

Historical Forms

  • Normantune, Nordmantune 958 BCS1029 14th
  • Normantun 1086 DB
  • Normanton 1252 FF
  • Normanton juxta Suthwell 1280,1330 Ass 1344 FF
  • Northmanton juxta Southwell 1549 ib
  • Narmanton (sic) juxta Sowthewell 1557 Pat

Etymology

Normanton is Normantune , Nordmantune 958 (14th) BCS 1029, Normantun 1086 DB, Normanton 1252FF , Normanton juxta Suthwell 1280, 1330Ass , 1344FF , Northmanton juxta Southwell 1549 ib., Narmanton (sic)juxta Sowthewell 1557 Pat. See Normanton supra 78 and Introd. xx.