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.

Upper Heaton

Early-attested site in the Parish of Kirkheaton

Historical Forms

  • Heton 1240 Font
  • West Heton 1265 YI 1379 YDi
  • Upparheaton 1549 WillY
  • Overheaton 1578 1609 WB86
  • Westeheaton 1588 FF

Etymology

Upper Heaton, Heton 1240 Font, West Heton 1265 YI, 1379 YD i, Upparheaton 1549 WillY, Overheaton 1578 ib, 1609WB 86, Westeheaton 1588 FF. v. Kirkheaton supra ; it stands nearly 150 feet higher than Kirkheaton to the north-west.

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name