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.

Houghton Forest

Other OS name in the Parish of Houghton

Historical Forms

  • boscus de Hocton 1279 Ass

Etymology

boscus de Hocton (1279Ass ) , chacia sua de Hotton ( QW ) .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement