The story
- Old English · derived fromheorot“stag, hart”
- Old English · derived fromhorh“mud, slime”
- English todayHorton
The majority of the English toponyms derive from Old English horh (“mud, slime”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement”). The village in Gloucestershire derives from Old English heorot (“stag, hart”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement”)
Words from the same roots
Old Englishheorot all →
hartHartfordhartleyHartlandHurstonHartshorneHartfieldHartonHeorotHarthillHartburn
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.