English Place-name Society

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.

Morton

Early-attested site in the Parish of Overton

Historical Forms

  • Mortune 1086 DB
  • Mortona 1292 For

Etymology

Farm on the mor,' v. tun .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Major Settlement