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Survey of English Place-Names

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Molland

Major Settlement in the Parish of Molland

Historical Forms

  • Mollanda 1086 DB 1100–3 Ch 1332 Pat t.Hy2 ChR 1387 1204
  • Parva Mollande 1181 P
  • Mouland 1202 FF 1212 Fees97 1238,1249 Ass
  • Modland (sic) 1205 FF
  • Mollond(e) 1238 Ass 1242 Fees783 1274 Ipm 1279 Exon
  • Mollaunde 1279 QW
  • Mollond Botreaus 1286 Ass
  • Botereus in 1286 (Ass)

Etymology

v. s. n. Mole river supra 10. William de Boterell (is ) held the manor in 1212 (Fees 97) and William de Botereus in 1286 (Ass ), the family name being preserved in Bottreaux Mill [bɔtə:z] infra .