Survey of English Place-Names

Historical Forms

• Mortvne 1086 DB

• Mortun, Morton(a), Mortone 1121,1135–50 Glouc 1220 Fees 1246 Ipm 1419 IpmR

• Moreton 1403 Ass 1539 FF

• Moorton 1557,1623 FF

• -Valence 1276 RH 1338 FF 1539 et freq

• - Val(l)ens 1389 Ipm 1580 FF

• - Valans 1535 VE

• -Valaunce 1557 FF

• -juxta Whitenhurste 1328 Banco

• -iuxta Putteleye 1403 Ass

Etymology

'Marshland farmstead', v. mōr , tūn . The manor came to William de Valence t. Hy 3 (1252 Ch) and was held by his family for a time (1285, 1303, 1316 FA ii, 243, 250, 266, 1314 Pat 186, 1331 Ipm, etc.); it is near Putloe and Wheatenhurst (191, 204infra ).