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.

Moreton

Early-attested site in the Parish of Thame

Historical Forms

  • Mortune a.1152 Thame c.1200 Ch 1365
  • Moreton 1346,1428 FA

Etymology

v. mōr , tūn , and cf. la More c. 1250 Thame. Cf. the same name 366.

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Major Settlement