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.

Littleton

Major Settlement in the Parish of North, Middle and South Littleton

Historical Forms

  • Litletona 709 BCS125 c.1200
  • Lytletun et alia Litletun 714 BCS130 16th
  • þry litlen tunes c.860 KCD289(iii.395) c.1200
  • Liteltune 1086 DB c.1086 EveA 1190
  • Lutleton 1227 FF
  • Lytlinton 1249 FF
  • Sutlitinton, Northlitleton, Middleton 1251 Ch
  • Lutlinton 1275 SR 1327 SR
  • Luttilton 1332 SR
  • Lytleton, Lettleton 1535 VE

Etymology

'Little farm,' v. lytel , tun . The three farms go back to very early times.

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site