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.

Halton West

Major Settlement in the Parish of Long Preston

Historical Forms

  • Halctun 12 Puds
  • Halton c.1200,1217 Percy 1259 YI 1285 KI
  • West Halghton 1303 KF
  • West(e) Halton 1540 MinAcct 1551,1585 WillY
  • Hawton als. Westhalton 1606 FF

Etymology

'Farmstead in a nook of land in the hill', v. halh , tūn , cf. Halton East 70supra .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site