Survey of English Place-Names

A county-by-county guide to the linguistic origins of England’s place-names – a project of the English Place-Name Society, founded 1923.

Moreton (Fm)

Early-attested site in the Parish of Dinton

Historical Forms

Mortun c.1218 WellsL

Morton 1227 Ass

Etymology

v. mor , tun . It lies in low well-watered ground.

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Major Settlement

Dinton