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Houghton

A Dictionary of British Place-Names | 2003 | | Copyright

Houghton, a common name, usually ‘farmstead on or near a ridge or hill-spur’, OE hōh + tūn: Houghton Cambs. Hoctune 1086 (DB). Houghton Cumbria. Hotton 1246. Houghton Hants. Hohtun 982, Houstun [sic] 1086 (DB). Houghton W. Sussex. Hohtun 683. Houghton Conquest Beds. Houstone 1086 (DB), Houghton Conquest 1316. Manorial affix from the Conquest family, here in the 13th cent. Houghton, Great & Houghton, Little Northants. Hohtone 1086 (DB), Magna Houtona 1199, Parva Houtone 1233. Distinguishing affixes are Latin magna ‘great’ and parva ‘little’. Houghton le Side Darltn. Hoctona 1200, Houghton-in-the-Syde c.1583. Affix means ‘by the hill slope’, from ME side. Houghton le Spring Sundld. Hoctun c.1170, Houghton in le Spryng 1410. Affix is originally manorial from the Spring family, here in the early 14th cent. Houghton on the Hill Leics. Hohtone 1086 (DB). The affix is recorded from the 17th cent. Houghton Regis Beds. Houstone 1086 (DB), Kyngeshouton 1287. Latin affix regis ‘of the king’ because it was a royal manor at an early date. Houghton St Giles Norfolk. Hohttune 1086 (DB). Affix from the dedication of the church.

However the following have a different origin, ‘farmstead in a nook of land’, OE halh + tūn: Houghton, Great Barns. Haltun 1086 (DB), Magna Halghton 1303. Affix is Latin magna ‘great’. Houghton, Little Barns. Haltone 1086 (DB), Parva Halghton 1303. Affix is Latin parva ‘little’.

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Houghton

Concise Dictionary of World Place-Names | 2005 | | Copyright

Houghton, Australia, UK, USA 1. UK (England): ‘Farm on, or near, a Ridge’ from the Old English hōh ‘ridge’ or ‘spur’ and tūn.2. USA (Michigan): settled in 1851 and named after Douglass Houghton, formerly a state geologist.

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