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.

Moulton

Major Settlement in the Parish of Moulton

Historical Forms

  • Multune a.1076 GeldRoll
  • Multon(e) 1086 DB 1359 Ipm
  • Multon without Northampton 1295 Cl
  • Multun' 1241 Cl 13th PeterbA
  • Molton(e) 1086 DB 1302 Ipm 1375 ADiii
  • Muleton(e) 1086 DB 1275 RH
  • Molentun 1205 Pap
  • Moleton 1272 Seld13 1275 Pat 1657 NRSii
  • Multon al. Moltone 1266 Ipm
  • Molton al. Multon 1313 Ipm
  • Moulton 1576 ADvi
  • Mowlton 1599 FF

Etymology

'Mule farm,' v. tun and OE  mūl

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site