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's Fm

Early-attested site in the Parish of Bredon

Historical Forms

  • Mortun 990 KCD674 11th
  • Moretune 11th Heming
  • Morton juxta Bredon 1275 FF
  • Morton Robert 1275 Ass

Etymology

'Marsh-farm,' v. mor , tun . In the 12th cent. a certain Robert , son of Richard, held two hides in Moreton (Hab. i. 536).The s is pseudo-manorial.

Places in the same Parish

Major Settlement