Survey of English Place-Names

Historical Forms

• Mortona E1 JRC

• Mortone 1287 Court

• Morton 1272 Chest 17 Tax 1291 Dugd 1534–47

• Morton juxta Salghale 1322 Orm2

• Morton Budeston 1354 Eyre

• Morton in Wirrall 1385 ChRR

• Mortonemassy c.1328 CASNSVI

• Moreton 1278 Whall 1310,1329 Plea 1325,1398,1415,1512 ChRR 1403 Pat 1408 AD 1542 ChRR

• Moreton in Wyrhale E2 JRC

• Moreton in Wirhale 1310 Plea

• Moreton in Worall 1601 AD

• Murton 1321 Plea

• Moorton 1377 Eyre 1511 Plea

• Moorton in Woorrall 1580 Sheaf

• Mooreton in Wirrhall 1589 ChRR

• Mooreton 1597,1605 AD

Etymology

'Farm at a marsh', v. mōr 1 , tūn , cf. Saughall Massie 321infra , Bidston, Wirral 308, 167supra . Mortonemassy contains the manorial suffix -Massy , the Massey family of Saughall Massie were also lords of Moreton in the thirteenth century.