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.

Castle Morton

Major Settlement in the Parish of Castle Morton

Historical Forms

  • Mortun 1235 Ch
  • Morton Folet 1275 SR
  • Castell Morton 1346,1428 FA

Etymology

'Farm on the mor.' The castle was probably erected in the reign of Stephen (VCH iv. 49) by the Folliott family who were certainly here early in the 13th cent.

Places in the same Parish