Survey of English Place-Names

Historical Forms

• Mertona l12 Orm2 17

• Merton 1225 VR 1671 Sheaf

• Merton alias Marton 1629 Orm2

• Over Merton 1334 VR 1642 ChCert

• grangia de Merton 1336 VR 1542 Dugd

• Marton infra forestam de la Mara 1285 Vern

• Martona c.1300 Bark

• Marton 1531 ChRR

• Marton Graunge m16 AOMB397

• Over Marton 1637 Sheaf 1643 ChCert

• Marton Green, Marton Hall & Marton Lane 1831 Bry

• Marton House 1842 OS

Etymology

'Farm by a mere', from mere1 and tūn , with grange , grēne 2 , hall , lane , and hūs . Marton was a grange of Vale Royal abbey. The affix Over - may be from uferra 'higher, upper', but seems to be more probably the p.n. Over 170supra , since part of Marton township is in Over parish and seems to have belonged to Over township.