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.

Houghton

Major Settlement in the Parish of Houghton

Historical Forms

  • Hohtun 683 BCS 14th
  • Hocton 957 BCS997 14th Ch c.1230 Ass 1271
  • Hotton(e) t.Hy1 LibB 14th RBE 1210–12
  • Hout(t)on 1263 FF 1273 Ipm
  • Hogton 1271,1279 Ass
  • Hozton 1296 SR
  • Hoghton 1327,1332 SR 1428 FA

Etymology

v. hoh , tun . The village stands on a spur of land projecting into the Arun valley.

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site