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 East

Major Settlement in the Parish of Skipton

Historical Forms

  • (H)altone 1086 DB
  • Halton(a), Haltun 1120–47 Dugdvi 1152–5 YChvii 1257 Ch 1280 Ass 1597 PRSk
  • Est Haltun 1314 YI
  • Haltun super le Hyll' 1379 PT
  • Haltun of Hill 1551 WillY
  • Haltun upon the hill 1611 FF 1630 Thn
  • Halgtun 12 Font
  • Hauton 1226 FF
  • Hawton 1614 PRAdd 1624 PRSk
  • Haulton 1695 PRBl
  • Holton 1699 PRBl

Etymology

'Farmstead in a nook of land in the hills', v. halh , tūn , called 'East' and 'on the hill' to distinguish it from Halton West 157infra .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name