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.

Dalton

Major Settlement in the Parish of Burton

Historical Forms

  • Daltun, Dalton 1086 DB 1190–1220,1220–5 Cockers 1236 Kendii,278 1272 Ipm 1625 PR(K)
  • Dauton 1236 Kendii,278

Etymology

'Valley farmstead', v. dæl , tūn , doubtless in allusion to the small valley between Dalton Park Wood and Dalton Hall.