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.

South Heighton

Major Settlement in the Parish of South Heighton

Historical Forms

  • Hectone 1086 DB
  • Sutheghton 1327 SR
  • South Eghton 1362 IpmR
  • Haiton 1620 MarL
  • Hayton al. Heighton 1735 Recov

Etymology

With the same run of forms and interpretation as Heighton supra 361 and South in distinction from it.

Places in the same Parish

None