[2] The name Littleton derives from the Old English lȳtel (little) and tūn (a settlement or farmstead).

The name Littleton was used in preference to Parva Cristentona in Magna Britannia (Volume 2), circa 1810.

The marl from the pits was used as an agricultural fertiliser and also as a component in the process of brickmaking, which seems to have been practised locally.

[8] The modern housing estate of Vicars Cross now exists to the west of the village.

This is Hunter's Court, which originated as a barn in the late 17th century, and was later converted into two houses.