Marston Moretaine
Major Settlement in the Parish of Marston Moretaine
Historical Forms
- Mersctuninga 969 BCS1229
- Merestone 1086 DB
- Merstone 1086 DB
- Merstone juxta Bedeford c.1335 Linc
- Mersh(e)ton 1287 Ass 1300 Cl 1316 FA 1361 Cl 1390 IpmR
- Merston Morteyn 1383 Cl
- Marson Eliz ChancP 1662 Fuller
- Marston Morton 1666 NQi
- Marston Mortine 1840 Jury
Etymology
'Marsh-farm' v. mersc , tun . On the Morteyn family in Bedfordshire, see the article on that name in BHRS ix. 5 ff.