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.

Scotton

Major Settlement in the Parish of Farnham

Historical Forms

  • Scotone, Scotona 1086 DB
  • Scotton, Scottunam 1167 P 1173-85 YCh513 1198 Fount 1202–8 Ass 1243 Fees 1276 RH 1628 PRFrn
  • Scotthona 1250–60 Font
  • Skotton 1265 ib

Etymology

'Farmstead of the Scots (or Irish)', v. Scott , tūn , and IPN 33.