Survey of English Place-Names

Historical Forms

• Moston' c.1130 LeicSurv e.Hy3,1260,1270 Rut 1343 Cl 1363 Ipm

• Mostona e.13 Rut

• Mostone 1271 ib

• Mostun' 1260,Edw1 ib

• Moseton' Hy3 ib

• Mosston' 1325 ib

• Mustun Hy1 Ch 1333 BelCartB Hy2 Rut e.15 l.12 Hy3(freq),Edw1 et passim

• Mustuna Hy1 Ch 1333 BelCartB Hy2(e.15),12(e.15) BelCartA Edw1

• Muston(') 1191,1192 P e.Hy3 Rut

• Muston(') iuxta Belvere 1302 Ass

• Muston(') iuxta Botel(s)ford 1381,1389 Rut

• Muston(') in the Vale of Beauer 1449 WoCart

• Mustona e.13,e.Hy3 Rut Edw1 et passim

• Mustonia Hy3 ib

• Mustone 1232 RHug Hy3 Rut 1306 ib

• Musthon' 1313 ib

• Mouston' l.13,1317bis,1343 Rut

• Mousston' 1333,1343 ib

• Moustoun 1317 ib

• Musson 1604 SR 1610 Speed 1612 Rut 1613,1719 LML

Etymology

'The farmstead, village infested with mice', v. mūs , tūn . The settlement lies in the Vale of Belvoir, hence ~ in le Vale of Beauer 1449, v. val . The 17th- and 18th-cent. forms show the period's characteristic Leics. loss of t in the group -ston , a feature still preserved in local pronunciation of the name.