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.

Norton

Major Settlement in the Parish of Norton

Historical Forms

  • Nort(h)un 931 BCS671 14th 937 14th ib
  • Nortone 1086 DB
  • Nortone by Malmesbury 1408 Pat
  • Northton 1281 Ass 1291 Tax

Etymology

'North farm,' v. tun . North perhaps with reference to Hullavington.

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name