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.

Murton

Major Settlement in the Parish of Hawnby

Historical Forms

Mortun, Mortona, Mortonam, Mortonie 1086 DB 1376 Dugdv.348

Murton 1541 Dugdv.355

Etymology

Farm on the mor' v. tun .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Major Settlement