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Moortown

Other OS name in the Parish of South Kelsey

Historical Forms

  • Moor Town otherwise Moreton 1808 Td'E
  • Moortown 1813,1814 BT 1830 Gre
  • Morton 1824 O
  • the hamlet of Moorton, or Riverhead 1842 White

Etymology

, Moor Town otherwise Moreton 1808Td 'E , Moortown 1813, 1814BT , 1830 Gre, Morton 1824 O, the hamlet of Moorton , or Riverhead 1842 White , cf. River Head 1828 Bry, 1830 Gre, 1838TAMap ( Holton le Moor ) ; this is a comparatively modern name , though the moor itself is recorded earlier as moram de Suth Kelsey 1220–40Foster , Kelsey Moore 1667, 1678, 1683MiD , Kelsey moore 1679MiD , South Kelsey More 1669MiD , South Kelsey Moor 1772Nelthorpe .