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.

Latton

Major Settlement in the Parish of Latton

Historical Forms

  • Latone 1086 DB
  • Latton(a) 1133 Dugdvi 1177 P
  • Lacton 1204 ClR 1241 FF 1281 QW
  • Latteton 1249 Ass

Etymology

The first element may be OE  lēac , 'herb, vegetable,' v. leactun . The OE  lacu, 'small slow-moving stream,' is less likely, since the place is by the Churn, a stream of some size.