Fife Place-name Data

Morton Burn

Morton Burn SLO R NO184091 1 372 85m

    Morton Burn 1856 OS 6 inch 1st edn

pn Morton or en *Muirton + Sc or SSE burn

The place-name is likely to refer to William earl of Morton, or one of his kin, who held the lands of nearby Craigfodd (Craigfode) in 1606 (Retours Fife no. 173). It may, however, have been named after a lost local place-name *Muirton. The lack of records of the name before 1856 makes it impossible to be certain.

This place-name appeared in printed volume 4

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