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.

Marton

Major Settlement in the Parish of Marton

Historical Forms

  • Mortone 1086 DB
  • Merton 1151 France 1535 et freq
  • juxta Longam Ichynton 1315 Ass
  • Mereton 1233 FF
  • Marton 1535 VE, Merton
  • Marten 1602 Recov
  • Marton al. Merton 1618 FF

Etymology

'Farm by the pool,' v. mere , tun . Cf. Merton (PN Sr 25).

Places in the same Parish