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Survey of English Place-Names

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All Saints' Church

Other OS name in the Parish of Gilmorton

Historical Forms

  • Church (All Saints) 1846,1863,1877 White 1925 Kelly
  • ecclesiam de Mortona a.1219 RHug
  • ecclesie de Morton 1220 MHW
  • ecclesiam de Aurea Morton 1248 RGros
  • the Church Yard 1606,1703 Terrier 1821 et passim

Etymology

, Church (All Saints )1846, 1863, 1877 White,1925 Kelly; it is earlier recorded as ecclesiam de Mortona a.1219 RHug,ecclesie de Morton 1220 MHW, ecclesiam de Aurea Morton 1248RGros. Note also the Church Yard 1606, 1703Terrier et passim to 1821ib , v. churchyerd .