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 Green

Other OS name in the Parish of Playden

Etymology

probably derives from a family named Horton who were living nearby in 1683 ( ParReg ) . A field on the farm called Horton field preserves the more correct spelling of the name .

Places in the same Parish

Major Settlement