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.

Carleton

Major Settlement in the Parish of Carleton

Historical Forms

  • Carlentone 1086 DB
  • Carleton(e), Karleton(e) 1119–47 Dugdvi 1120–35,1135–40,1184 YChvii 1184 BM 1441 DiocV
  • Karleton(e) in Craven(e) 1292 Ebor 1304 YI 1399 WillY
  • Carlton 1120 Dugdvi
  • Carlton in Craven 1459 Calv

Etymology

'Farmstead of the peasants', v. ceorl (replaced by ON  karl), tūn , cf. Carleton ii, 71supra and for the affix v. Craven 1supra .