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.

Lawton Ho & Lawton Moor

Other OS name in the Parish of Northenden

Historical Forms

  • Loyton Moor 1831 Bry
  • Lawton Eye, Lowton Park 1841 TA

Etymology

( 101–807901 ) ( 101–808903 ) , Loyton Moor 1831 Bry,Lawton Eye , Lowton Park 1841TA , perhaps an old p.n. in tūn , v. mōr 1 , ēg , park .