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

Major Settlement in the Parish of Morton

Historical Forms

  • (æt) Mortun(e) 956 Peniarth 13th
  • (into) Mortun(e) c.1002 ASWills c.1100
  • (mid) Mortun(e) 1004 Peniarth 13th DB 1086
  • Morton(e) 1186 P c.1200 RegAnt

Etymology

'Moor farm', v. mōr 1 , tūn .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site