Little Town or Littleton farm is about half a kilometre south-east of Hele, between the farms of Comyn and Beara. It may be the site of the original Saxon manor of Hela, or have been part of the Manor of West Haggington. The first element of the place name no doubt comes from its small size relative to its neighbours. The second element, town, is often used in Devon to describe farms near or in a village or hamlet, often the demesne farm itself.

Lit. Town is so-called on the 1809 OS map; Little Town is so-called on the 1840 Ilfracombe Tithe map (Transcription Little Town in hand to Phillip Watts); In the 1841 Ilfracombe census, Little Town is occupied by James Corney; In the 1851 Census James Corney occupied Higher Little Farm and Charles Fisher occupied Lower Little Town Farm; Littletown is so-called on the first detailed OS map of 1889.

"A word may be added in conclusion with regard to the common frequency of town in Devon farm names such as Town Farm (frequent) Southtown, Townsend, etc. These are nearly all found in the immediate neighbourhood of some village or hamlet, in some cases actually inside the village in question" (Gover et al 1932 p675)