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.

Colton

Major Settlement in the Parish of Bolton Percy

Historical Forms

  • Coletun(e) 1086 DB 1232 BM
  • Colton, Kolton 1249 YI 1251 Ass 1269 FF 1276 RH 1543 WillY
  • Kolton Chaumont 1373 Ipm
  • Sir John Chaumont (1373 Ipm 149)

Etymology

'Cola's farmstead', v. tūn , cf. Colton 117supra . The affix Chaumont from Sir John Chaumont (1373 Ipm 149).