Molland
Major Settlement in the Parish of Molland
Historical Forms
- Mollanda 1086 DB 1100–3 Ch 1332 Pat t.Hy2 ChR 1387 1204
- Parva Mollande 1181 P
- Mouland 1202 FF 1212 Fees97 1238,1249 Ass
- Modland (sic) 1205 FF
- Mollond(e) 1238 Ass 1242 Fees783 1274 Ipm 1279 Exon
- Mollaunde 1279 QW
- Mollond Botreaus 1286 Ass
- Botereus in 1286 (Ass)
Etymology
v. s. n. Mole river supra 10. William de Boterell (is ) held the manor in 1212 (Fees 97) and William de Botereus in 1286 (Ass ), the family name being preserved in Bottreaux Mill [bɔtə:z] infra .