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.

Carlton Hill

Early-attested site in the Parish of Leeds

Historical Forms

  • Carletoncross(e) 1323 MinAcct 1588 PRLds 1612 Surv 1687 Lease
  • Carleton Crofte 1557 Surv

Etymology

Carlton Hill, Carletoncross (e )1323MinAcct , 1588 PRLds, 1612 Surv, 1687 Lease, Carleton Crofte 1557Surv . 'The churls' farmstead', probably a Scandinavianised form of the common Charlton, v. ceorl (karl), tūn , cros .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name