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.

Gatton

Major Settlement in the Parish of Gatton

Historical Forms

  • (an) Gatatune 871–889 BCS558
  • Gatetuna 1121 AC
  • Gatone 1086 DB
  • Gatton(e) 1190 P

Etymology

'Goats' farm,' v. tun . Cf. Gatwick supra 288.

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site