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.

Mottram in Longdendale

Major Settlement in the Parish of Mottram in Longdendale

Historical Forms

  • Mottrum 1211–25 Facs
  • Mottrum in Longedonedale 1332 Plea
  • Mottram, Mottram in Longedenedale 1308 Pap
  • Mottrame 1547 MinAcct
  • Motram 1558 Pat
  • Mottrom, Mottrom cum Longedenedale, Mottrom in Langedenedale c.1310,1323 Pat
  • Moterum in Longedenedale 1339 Orm2
  • Moteram(e) 1542 Pat 1546 Dugd
  • Matteram 1580 Sheaf
  • Matterom 1635 ib
  • Motterham 1456 Orm2
  • Moterham in Longdondale 1548 Earw

Etymology

This p.n. is the same as Mottram St Andrew 202supra , v. mōtere .Cf. Longdendale 2supra .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site