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.

Notton

Major Settlement in the Parish of Royston

Historical Forms

  • Notone, Nortone 1086 DB
  • Nottun', Notton(a) 1170–1205 YCh1713–15 c.1180 Bodl98 13 1230 Pont 1234 FF 1246 Ass30d 1249 YI 1610 FF
  • Nocton 1186 P 1230 Ebor 1259 Ass

Etymology

'Wether-sheep farm', v. hnoc , tūn . A similar development of -ct - to -tt - (perhaps partly due to confusion of c and t in medieval writing) occurs in Brotton YN 142.

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site