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

Early-attested site in the Parish of Whitkirk

Historical Forms

  • Halletun(e) 1086 DB
  • Haleton 12,13 Sawl137d,138d c.1200 Kirkst
  • Halghton 1235 FF 1303 KF
  • Halton(a) 1189 Nost4d 1217–24 Sawl34 1276 RH 1622 FF
  • Haulton 1322 Cl
  • Hawton 1667 WillTN 1684 PRAsk

Etymology

'Farmstead in the secluded nook', v. halh (here doubtless the valley of Halton Deans infra ), tūn .