Horton, Buckinghamshire

It derives from Old English horu 'dirt' and tūn 'settlement, farm, estate', presumably meaning 'farm on muddy soil'.

[1] Although in the parish of Ivinghoe, the hamlet is nearer to Cheddington with its shops and churches, so that is the main village to which most residents of Horton feel most attached.

On the 14 February 1942 a Royal Air Force De Havilland Dragon Rapide (R5927) was operating a training flight out of RAF Yatesbury.

[4] The hamlet is very small, but a few new modern houses have been built over the last twenty years, most notably Brocas Way and The Grange.

It was the home of Norman Shand-Kydd,[5] a charity fund-raiser, and former champion amateur jockey, who bred horses on the adjoining farm.