Survey of English Place-Names

Historical Forms

• Meretone 1086 DB

• Marton(a) 1155–7 YCh 1828 Langd

• Est Marton(a) 1401 YI

• Marton(a) in Holdernes 1504 Test

• Merton(a) 1210–20 Melsa 1297 LS

• Est Merton(a) 1221–35 Melsa

• Merton(a) in Holdernesse 1291 YI 1349 Ipm

Etymology

'Farmstead near the pool,' v. mere , tun . In some of the older Marton forms mere may have been influenced by OScand  marr 'pool, marsh,' or may go back to an ONb  syncopated mærtun .Cf. Marton, Marfleet infra 104, 213 where similar influence is noticed.