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Survey of English Place-Names

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Litchaton

Other OS name in the Parish of North Molton

Etymology

is Lycheton 1423, Licheton 1448, Lecheton 1481 IpmR . The first element may be OE  lic , ' corpse , ' the whole name denoting a līc -tūn or burial - ground , cf. Litchdon Street supra 26 , but no local reason for such a name is known .