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.

Horton in Ribblesdale

Major Settlement in the Parish of Horton in Ribblesdale

Historical Forms

  • Hortune 1086 DB 1190 Furn 1198 Fount 1198–1204 Furn 13 Percy 1535 VE
  • Hortune in Rib(b)(e)lesdale, Hortune in Ryb(b)(e)lesdale 13 Font 1290 Ch 1300 Baild 1328 Banco 1330 Ch 1679 Dep
  • Hortune in Rybbesdale 1298 Baild
  • Hortune in Ribbisdayll Hy8 MonRent
  • Hortune in Rybbelsdale als. Rybbesdale 1570 FF
  • Hortune on Ribble 1695 M

Etymology

'Farmstead on dirty land', v. horu , tūn , and Ribblesdale 112supra , so called to distinguish it from Horton 170supra .

Places in the same Parish

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