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.

Hamerton

Other OS name in the Parish of Long Preston

Historical Forms

  • Hammerton 1531 WillY

Etymology

, 1500 Ipm , Hammerton 1531 WillY , ' cliff farm ' , v. hamarr , tūn ; it is on a steep hill - side .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site