Mortoft
Early-attested site in the Parish of Heydon
Historical Forms
- Mortofft 1086 DB
- Mortoft 1222 FineR 1226 FF 1250,1286(p) Ass 1329,1335,1348 Ct
- Mortof (sic) 1242–3 Fees
- Moretoft 1257 Ass
- Mertofte 1259 Ass
- Moortoft 1366 FF
- Mortofte 1428 FA
Etymology
OE mōr1 or OScand mór, probably here in the sense 'marshland', and toft. In 1327 Sir Richard Mortoft lived in Heydon-field and had a small manor here (Blomefield VI244).
Places in the same Parish
Other OS name
- Bell's Grove
- Icehouse Plantation
- Marlpit Belt
- The Belt
- Blackwater Plantation
- Brake Hills Plantation
- Bullocks Shed Plantation
- Bullocks Shed Lodge
- Carman's Belt
- Carpenter's Shop Plantation
- Cawston Plantation
- Chasteney's Belt
- Cromwell's Oak
- Cropton Hall
- Deer Paddock
- Dog Corner
- Eagle Lodges
- The Grange
- Great Belt
- The Grove
- Harold's Grove
- Heydon Hall
- Home Farm
- Malthouse Farm
- Norwich Road Plantation
- Oak Grove
- Old Common
- Ollands Farm
- Oxnead Plantation
- Park Farm
- Red Pits
- The Rookery
- Sainfoin Plantation
- Spink's Lane
- Thirty Acre Plantation
- Black Bridge Wood
- Jenning's Row
- Massingham's Grove, Monson's Wood, Newhall Wood
- American Plantation
- Blackwater Lane
- Little Moor Pond