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.

Mollington

Major Settlement in the Parish of Mollington

Historical Forms

  • (æt) Mollintune c.1015 ASWills
  • Mollitone 1086 DB
  • Mollinton 1235,1242 Fees 1316 FA 1332 SR
  • Mollyngton 1285 Ass 1308 Ipm 1375 IpmR 1428 FA
  • Moleton 1194 Cur 1195 P
  • Molinton(e) 1211 RBE 1221 Ass 1236 FF 1247 SR 1279 Nott 1287 Ipm
  • Molynton(e) 1365 Pat

Etymology

'Mol (l )'s farm,' v. ingtun .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site