English Place-name Society

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.

terr ' vocat Mottye ground

Field in the Parish of Marsh Chapel

Historical Forms

  • terr ' vocat Mottye ground 1584 BRA
  • grounds ... called by the names of mottyns 1613 MinAcct

Etymology

terr' vocat Mottye ground 1584, grounds... called by the names of mottyns 1613(obscure; neitherform appears to be recorded in dictionaries)