Survey of English Place-Names

Historical Forms

• Molintone 1086 DB

• Molinton e13 Chest

• Molynton 1278 1581 ChRR

• Mol(l)ington 1287 Court 1288 ChFor

• Molington 1582 Orm2

• Molyngton 1295 Misc 1512 Plea

• Mollyngton 1582 ChRR

• Mollinton 1335 Mont 1632 Sheaf

• Magna Molinton 1271 ChFor

• Molynton Thorot 1286 ChFor

• Mollington Torrant or Great Mollington 1819 Orm2

• Mellinton Torout 1335 Pat

• Toraud(e) 1271 ChFor, 1308 Orm2

• Thoraud 1278 JRC

• T(h)orald, Thorale 1337 Cl

Etymology

'Moll's farm, farm called after Moll', from tūn, -ingtūn , and the OE  pers.n. Moll or a wk. form *Molla , cf. Molecomb Sx 78, Mollington O 401, Wa 271. It is distinguished as 'great' from Little Mollington 171supra , v. grēat . The manorial affix is the surname of a family owning land in Mollington from 1271ChFor to 1354 BPR. Additional forms of the surname are Toraud (e )1271ChFor , 1308 Orm2, Thoraud 1278JRC , T (h )orald , Thorale 1337 Cl, cf. ON  Þóraldr , OSwed  Thorald .