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.

Forton

Major Settlement in the Parish of Forton

Historical Forms

  • Forton 1198 Fees 1200 CartAnt 1274,1307 Ass 1291 Ipm c.1291 Tax 1293 QW 1301 Banco 1304 Cl 1323 Pat 1569 1327 SR 1496 FF 1563 Harl 1577 Saxton 1833 O
  • Fortone 1292 Ipm 1425 AD
  • Fauton 1610 Speed

Etymology

'The farmstead by the ford', v. ford , tūn , with reference to the R. Meece.