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.

East and West Molland

Early-attested site in the Parish of Chulmleigh

Historical Forms

  • Monalond(e) 1330,1333 SR
  • Monelond 1378 IpmR

Etymology

The forms are too late for us to decide between a first element mōna , 'moon' (cf. Moonhill, PN Sx 264), or Mōna , a pers. name, cf. Moonhouse supra 190.