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.

Moreton

Major Settlement in the Parish of Moreton

Historical Forms

  • Mortune 1086 DB
  • Morton(e) 1194,1195 P 1201 FF 1235–6 Fees 1254 Pat 1607 Feth
  • Morten 1575 Saxton
  • Moreton 1195 P 1306 FF 1502 Pat 1607 Feth
  • Murton 1318 FF
  • Mourton(e) 1332 SR 1340 NI 1346 FA 1462 Pat
  • Mowreton 1414 Weld1

Etymology

'Marshland farm', v. mōr , tūn .