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.

North Deighton

Major Settlement in the Parish of Kirk Deighton

Historical Forms

  • Distone 1086 DB
  • Nordictun 1197 FF
  • Northdictun, Northdicton 1197 YChx 13 YDvi,vii,449
  • Northdichton 13 Heal63
  • North Ditton 1213 Abbr 1257 Pat
  • North Dighton, North Dyghton 1303 KF 1340 YDvi 1542 MinAcct
  • Parva Dighton 1316 Vill