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.

Altofts

Major Settlement in the Parish of Normanton

Historical Forms

  • Altoftes c.1090,12 Pont 1207 FF 1276 RH 1296 1313 Pat 1323 Calv 1332 Kirkst 1606 FF
  • Altofte 1135–40 Pont 1294 Ch
  • Altoftis Hy2 Ch 1230 YCh1451 1155–8
  • Altoftys 1297 LS 1401 Calv 1509 FF
  • Altofts 1359 BM 1384 MinAcct 1586 FF

Etymology

Probably 'the old building-sites', v. ald , topt . On DBToftes , identified with Altofts, v. Toftes i, 106 supra .