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.

Morton upon Swale

Major Settlement in the Parish of Ainderby Steeple

Historical Forms

  • Mortun(e) 1086 DB
  • Mortun(e) on Swale 1281 Ch

Etymology

'Farm on the mor' v. tun .

Places in the same Parish