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Survey of English Place-Names

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Morton

Other OS name in the Parish of Churcham

Historical Forms

  • Mortvne 1086 DB
  • Mortone 1086–7,1154–79 Glouc

Etymology

( lost ) , Mortvne 1086 DB, Mortone 1086–7, 1154–79 Glouc , ' moorland farmstead ' , v. mōr , tūn ; it is associated with Hamme (thatis, Churcham) in DB and described as near Hamma infra metas forestæ de Dena in Glouc ii, 186 .