Carleton

Carleton, Carlton, a common place-name in the old Danelaw areas of the Midlands and the North, usually ‘farmstead or estate of the freemen or peasants’, from OScand. karl (often no doubt replacing OE ceorl) + OE tūn; examples include: Carleton Cumbria. Karleton 1250. Carleton N. Yorks. Carlentone 1086 (DB). Carleton Forehoe Norfolk. Carletuna 1086 (DB), Karleton Fourhowe 1268. Affix from the nearby Forehoe Hills, from OE fēower ‘four’ and OScand. haugr ‘hill’. Carleton Rode Norfolk. Carletuna 1086 (DB), Carleton Rode 1201. Manorial addition from the de Rode family, here in the 14th cent. Carlton Beds. Carlentone 1086 (DB). Carlton N. Yorks., near Snaith. Carletun 1086 (DB). Carlton Notts. Karleton 1182. Carlton Colville Suffolk. Carletuna 1086 (DB), Carleton Colvile 1346. Manorial addition from the de Colevill family, here in the 13th cent. Carlton Curlieu Leics. Carletone 1086 (DB), Carleton Curly 1273. Manorial addition from the de Curly family, here in the 13th cent. Carlton Husthwaite N. Yorks. Carleton 1086 (DB), Carlton Husthwat 1516. Affix from its proximity to Husthwaite. Carlton in Lindrick Notts. Carletone 1086 (DB), Carleton in Lindric 1212. Affix from the district called Lindrick, which means ‘strip of land where lime-trees grow’, from OE lind + *ric. Carlton le Moorland Lincs. Carletune 1086 (DB). Affix from its situation ‘in the moorland’. Carlton Miniott N. Yorks. Carletun 1086 (DB), Carleton Mynyott 1579. Manorial addition from the Miniott family, here in the 14th cent. Carlton on Trent Notts. Carletune 1086 (DB). For the river-name, see Trentham. Carlton Scroop Lincs. Carletune 1086 (DB). Manorial addition from the Scrope family, here in the 14th cent.