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

Major Settlement in the Parish of Royston

Historical Forms

  • Carlentone 1086 DB
  • Carleton(a), Karleton(a) Carletun 1086 DB 1155–1211 YCh(1668,1678–9,1747,1819) 1186,1200 Brett 13 ADi 1684 WharnSurv
  • Carlton 1233 Ebor 1658 WillS
  • Carilton 1591 Comm13

Etymology

'Farmstead of the churls or ordinary freemen', v. Carleton ii, 71infra .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site