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.

Litton

Major Settlement in the Parish of Arncliffe

Historical Forms

  • Litone 1086 DB
  • Lituna 1173 YCh197
  • Lyton 1276 RH
  • Lictona 1182–5 YCh199
  • Litton(a), Lytton(a), Lyttun(a) 12 Font c.1150 Sawl2d Hy2 Ch 1271 YCh186 1156 Percy 1176 PRArn 1671
  • Lyttun(a) in Craven 1239 Ch c.1270 Font 1632 WRC

Etymology

Probably 'farmstead on the slope', v. hlið , tūn . The spelling Lictona is no doubt for Littona with the common confusion of c and t in the court hand.

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site