Norton Mandeville
Major Settlement in the Parish of Norton Mandeville
Historical Forms
- Nortona 1068 EHRxi 1309
- Nortuna, Nortunā 1086 DB
- Nortun(a) 1181,1222 StP
- Norton' Maundeuil' 1262 For
- Parva Nortone Sancti Martini 1291 ib
- Maundevill (1251 FF)
Etymology
'North tun.' Perhaps so called because in the north of the hundred, or perhaps north of Plumtuna . v. Plunker's Green infra 153. Mandeville from the family of Ernulf de Maundevill (1251 FF). St Martin 's le Grand had land in Norton in 1068 (Cartulary f. ix).