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.

South Molton

Major Settlement in the Parish of South Molton (including Queen's Nympton)

Historical Forms

  • Sut Moltona 1086 DB(Exon)
  • Sud
  • Suthmolton 1238 FF
  • Sudmoleston 1219,1238 Ass
  • Suthmoleston 1244 Ass
  • Sumouton 1246 Ch
  • Suthmulton 1286 Ass
  • Moleton 1283 Pat
  • Moulton 1577 Saxton

Etymology

v. Mole River supra 10 and Addenda, Part ii, xiii.