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.

Treeton

Major Settlement in the Parish of Treeton

Historical Forms

  • Trectone, Tretone 1086 DB
  • Tret(t)hon 12 Hlm 1285 KI
  • Tretun, Treton Hy2 BM 1202–8 Ass 1203 FF a.1218 YChviii 1246 Ass26 1531 Testiv
  • Tretton 1285 KI
  • Tryton 1436 BM
  • Treeton 1564 FF 1822 Langd
  • Treaton 1592 WillY

Etymology

'Farmstead by the tree(s)', v. trēow , tūn .