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.

Dunton

Early-attested site in the Parish of Curdworth

Historical Forms

  • Dunton(a) 1220 Bracton 1221,1255 FF
  • Duntun 1251 Ch
  • Donton 1285 Ass

Etymology

Dunton is Dunton (a )1220 Bracton, 1221, 1255 FF et passim , Duntun 1251 Ch, Donton 1285Ass . 'Hill farm,' v. dun , tun .“That the high situation of this place, did originally occasion its name, is plain enough; Dun in our antient English signifying a Hill” (Dugdale 682).

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Major Settlement