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Horton, a common name, usually ‘dirty or muddy farmstead’, OE horu + tūn; examples include: Horton Bucks., near Ivinghoe. Hortone 1086 (DB). Horton Dorset. Hortun 1033, Hortune 1086 (DB). Horton Northants. Hortone 1086 (DB). Horton Oxon. Hortun 1005–12, Hortone 1086 (DB). Horton Shrops., near Wem. Hortune 1086 (DB). Horton Staffs. Horton 1239. Horton Surrey. Horton 1178. Horton Wilts. Horton 1158. Horton Green Ches. Horton c.1240. Horton-in-Ribblesdale N. Yorks. Hortune 1086 (DB), Horton in Ribbelesdale 13th cent. Affix means ‘valley of the River Ribble’, OE river-name (see Ribbleton) + OE dæl or OScand. dalr. Horton Kirby Kent. Hortune 1086 (DB), Horton Kyrkeby 1346. Manorial affix from its possession by the de Kirkeby family in the 13th cent.

However the following has a different origin: Horton S. Glos. Horedone 1086 (DB). ‘Hill frequented by harts or stags’. OE heorot + dūn.

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