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.

Aketon

Early-attested site in the Parish of Spofforth

Historical Forms

  • Ayketun, Ayketon 12 YDiv 13 Percy 1243 Fees 1379 PT
  • Aicton 13 Heal133 1616 FF
  • Aykton 1218–33 Heal41 1329 YDv 1545 FF
  • Aickton 1596 FF
  • Eketon 1242 YDiv
  • Aketon 1303 KF 1447 YDv
  • Haketon 1303 Aid
  • Ackton 1580 WillY
  • Aygton 1475 SpfCt
  • Oakton 1771 M

Etymology

'Oak-tree farmstead', v. eik (perhaps replacing OE  āc), tūn .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site