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 Osbaldwick

Historical Forms

Mortun, Morton 1086 DB 1295 For

Murton 1391 Test

Etymology

'Farm on the mor,' v. tun .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Tang Hall

Major Settlement