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.

Mowden Hall

Early-attested site in the Parish of Hatfield Peverel

Historical Forms

  • Mokelinton(e) 1276 For 1304,1314 Ipm
  • Mokenlyngton 1315 Cl
  • Mokelyngton(e) 1337 Ipm 1374 FF 1376 Cl
  • Mokeltonhull 1402 FA
  • Mowlton t.Eliz ChancP
  • Mogelynton 1331 Ch
  • Muglyngton 1512 Mowden
  • Mekelyngton 1406 IpmR
  • Mekeltonhall 1476 ib
  • Mogdenhall 1499 Mowden
  • Mugdonhall 1524 FF 1863 White
  • Mugdenhall, Mugdinhall 1539 FF
  • Mugden Hall or Mugledon Hall 1589 Mowden
  • Muckledenhall 1594 Indexiv
  • Moughton Hall 1768 M

Etymology

'Mucel 's farm,' v . ingtun.