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.

Moorton

Early-attested site in the Parish of Northmoor

Historical Forms

Merton' 1207 Cur

Morton' 1208 Cur

Mortone 1211 FF 1285 Ass

Moretune, Mortona 1239 Eynsh

Etymology

'tūnin swampy ground,' v. mōr .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement

Northmoor