Fife Place-name Data :: Halton Hill

Halton Hill

Halton Hill ABE S NO245162 1 362 130m

    Haltoun Hill c.1560 s Assumption, 33
    Haltounhill 1564 x 1567 RMS iv no. 1787
    terras de Haltounhill 1565 x 1577 RMS iv no. 2666 [‘cum lie Murie-riggis et lie Craigend’]
    Haltounhill 1590 x 1599 Pont MS 54B
    Haltounhill 1600 RMS vi no. 1032 [see ABE Intro., Monastic Lands]
    Haltounhill 1617 RMS vii no. 1732 [in parish of Abdie; see Carpow Lea DBG]
    Haltoun hill 1654 Blaeu (Pont) East Fife
    Haltonhill 1654 Blaeu (Gordon) Fife
    Haltonhill 1684 Adair/East Fife
    Hattonhill 1810 Sasines no. 8600 [‘Hatton and Hattonhill’ part of barony of Weddersbie CLS; see Caldwells CLS for more details]
    Hattonhill 1856 OS 6 inch 1st edn

en Halton + Sc hill

‘Hill or upland grazing associated with Halton’; the Halton or Hatton (Sc hall toun ‘farm with a hall or high-status residence’) is probably Hatton # CLS, q.v. Halton Hill first appears as part of the lands of Lindores Abbey.

This place-name appeared in printed volume 4