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

  • Mortunā 1086 DB
  • Morton(e) 1156–82 France
  • Moerton 1349 Ipm
  • Moerton alias Murton 1555 FF
  • Mourton 1370 FF 1395 Ch
  • Moorton 1373 Cl 1406 IpmR
  • Murton 1401 FF

Etymology

'Marsh farm,' v. mor , tun .

Places in the same Parish