English Place-name Society

Survey of English Place-Names

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Kirk Deighton

Major Settlement in the Parish of Kirk Deighton

Historical Forms

  • Distone 1086 DB
  • Dystone 1280 Ebor
  • Dihtona 1194 YChx
  • Dicton(a) 12 YDiv 1154–74,1194 YChx 1217 YDix,73 1246 YDv 1247 YI 1293 YI
  • Dichton e.13 YDiv 1208–25 YChx
  • Suth Dithon 1285 KI
  • Dighton, Dyghton 13 Percy 1246 Ass41d 1291 Tax 1300 Ebor 1436 Testi
  • South Dighton 1303 KF 1340 YDvi
  • Magna Dighton 1316 Vill
  • Kirk(e) Dighton 1361 Ass3 1474 YDvi 1661 RipFabr
  • Church(e) Dighton 1597,1611 FF

Etymology

'Farmstead with a ditch', v. dīc , tūn . The Dis - spellings are AN; v. also Phonol. § 38. The church (v. kirkja ) was mentioned in DB.Cf. North Deighton 25infra .