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.

Morson

Other OS name in the Parish of Bratton Clovelly

Historical Forms

  • Morystone 1416 DA

Etymology

is Morystone 1416 DA 27(p) , v. tun . The form is too late for any interpretation of the first element to be suggested beyond saying that it is probably a pers. name .