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.

Moustone

Early-attested site in the Parish of Falmer

Historical Forms

  • Mulestana c.765 BCS197 c.1300
  • Mulestan a.1138 ADA63 1202 Cur
  • Muleston 1203 Cur
  • Mulston 1296 SR
  • Molstan 1086 DB
  • Moleston 1254 Pat
  • Molstone 1279 Ass
  • Mouleston 1288 Ass
  • Mulston al. Mowlestone 1595 Deed
  • Lower Mousestone 1631 SRS14,230

Etymology

'Mūl 's stone,' referring probably to a boundary stone, v. stan .Probably the same man gave his name to Moulsecoombe supra 294.