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.

Clayton

Major Settlement in the Parish of Clayton with Frickley

Historical Forms

  • Claiton(e), Clayton(e), Claitun 1086 DB 1166–1202 YChvi 1264 YI 1285 KI 1620 FF
  • Clayton in the Clay 1771,1817 M
  • Cleyton 1283 Abbr
  • Claton' 1297 LS

Etymology

'Farmstead on the clay', v. clǣg , tūn ; called 'in the Clay' to distinguish it from Clayton West 320infra .