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 Sceugh

Early-attested site in the Parish of Hesket in the Forest

Historical Forms

  • Mortonscough 1272 For
  • Mortonscoch 1285 ib
  • Mortunscogh 1339 MinAcct
  • Mortonsco(u)gh 1358 Pat 1541 LRMB
  • Morton Sceugh ib.

Etymology

v. mōr , tūn , skógr , 'wood.' No connection has so far been traced between this place and Morton infra 209.