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.

Deighton

Early-attested site in the Parish of Huddersfield

Historical Forms

  • Dicton(a) 12 Font 1297 LS
  • Dictunebroc e.13 Font
  • Dythona 13 DodsN, Nost 183
  • Dychton 1284 WCR
  • Dighton 1316 Vill 1459 Testii 1581 WillY
  • Dygton 1504 FF
  • Dyghton als. Dyton 1616 FF

Etymology

Deighton 1843 O.S., Dicton (a )12 Font, 1297 LS (p), Dictunebroc e. 13 Font, Dythona 13 DodsN, Nost 183, Dychton 1284 WCR, Dighton 1316 Vill, 1459 Test iiet passim to 1581 WillY, Dygton 1504 FF, Dyghton als. Dyton 1616 FF. 'Farmstead with a ditch', v. dīc , tūn . The later form Dighton represents a common development of -ct - (cf. Phonol. § 38).

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site