Survey of English Place-Names

Historical Forms

• Actone, Hactone, Hacstone 1086 DB

• Acton(a) 12 YDxii,99 13 YDxvi,84 1202,1219 FF 1224 Pat Hy3 BM 1248 FF 1320 YDxii,103

• Hactona l.12 YChvi 1316 BM

• Acthona 1328 BM

• Achton 1365 YDviii

• Aghton 1323 YDxii,103 1334 Ch 1345 BM 1355 FF 1489 YDxvi,86 1604 FF

• Aighton, Ayghton 1399 BM 1658 WillS

• Aughton 1532 FF 1560 WillY 1822 Langd

Etymology

'Oak-tree farmstead', v. āc , tūn , a common p.n. as in Ackton ii, 85infra . In Aughton, -c - became -gh - before -t -, as in many other p.ns. like Aughton YE 237, Broughton pt. vi infra , etc. (v. Phonol. § 38).