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.

Murton

Early-attested site in the Parish of Lamplugh

Historical Forms

  • Morton' 1203 Cur 1585 FF
  • iuxta Langplugh 1292 Ass
  • Moreton(e) 1294,1338 Cl 1334 Ipm
  • villa…vocatur Moreton' et non Morton' 1391 Ass
  • Moreton in Cleater 1543 MinAcct
  • Murton juxta Lamplogh 1335 StB
  • Knockmorton 1783 Donald

Etymology

'Moor tūn,' v. mōr .