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.

Towton Battlefield

Other OS name in the Parish of Saxton

Historical Forms

  • Towten Feld 1543 Leland

Etymology

, Towten Feld 1543 Leland , the site of the Battle of Towton 1461 , cf. Bloody Meadow supra , Towton infra .