Heighton Family History
Heighton Name Meaning
English (Leicestershire and Nottinghamshire):: habitational name from Heighton Street in West Firle or South Heighton (both Sussex) from Old English hēah ‘high’ + tūn ‘farmstead estate’. perhaps a variant of Huyton a habitational name either from Huyton (Lancashire) Hyton in Bootle (Cumberland) or less likely Huyton in Blackrod (Lancashire). The placenames probably derive from Old English hȳth ‘port landing place’ + tūn ‘farmstead estate’.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022