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.

Mowthorpe

Early-attested site in the Parish of Kirby Grindalythe

Historical Forms

  • Meletorp 1086 DB
  • Muletorp 1086 DB
  • Mulet(h)orp 1109–19 RegAlb 1178 Malton
  • Mult(h)orp(e) 12th,13th Kirkham 1157–70 Malton 1579 FF
  • Mult(h)orp(e) in Cranedale 1252 FF
  • Molthorpe c.1200 Kirkham 1286 YI
  • Mowthorpe 1547 FF 1828 Langd

Etymology

'Muli 's village,' v. þorp . On the OEScand  pers. name Múli cf. Mowthorpe, PN NRY 35 and Dan  Mullerup .

Places in the same Parish