Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for MORETON, or MORTON

MORETON, or MORTON, a Saxon topographical name, corrupted from Moor-Town, and generally applied to places originally on or near a moor.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

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Feature Description: "a Saxon topographical name, corrupted from Moor-Town"
Place names: MORETON     |     MORETON OR MORTON     |     MORTON