Horton

Horton is a commonplace name in the British Isles. It derives in each case from Old English, often from the words horig tun, meaning 'muddy estate/village', though other derivations are possible in individual cases.

A homophone, Houghton is another commonplace name, but in this case the name is hoh tun, meaning 'Hill village'.

Horton may be any one of many villages, hamlets and farmsteads, and in particular:

• Buckinghamshire:
  • Horton, Buckinghamshire, north of Wraysbury
  • Horton, Ivinghoe, a hamlet of Ivinghoe
• Horton, Cheshire or 'Horton by Malpas', a village
• Horton, Dorset
  • Horton Priory, its ruined mediæval priory
• Horton, Glamorgan, near Swansea
• Horton, Gloucestershire
• Horton, Lancashire
• Horton, Northamptonshire
• Horton, Northumberland, consisting of West Horton and East Horton
• Horton-cum-Studley, Oxfordshire
• Shropshire:
  • Horton, Telford, a hamlet just outside Telford
  • Horton, Wem, a hamlet and manor near Wem
• Horton, Somerset
• Horton, Staffordshire
• Horton, Wiltshire
• Horton in Ribblesdale, Yorkshire

See also

• Horton Ledge, in Queen Elizabeth Land (British Antarctic Territory)
• Houghton