Murton Fell [Knock Murton]
hill or mountain · Cumberland · 446m
Birkett
Old NorseAI-generated
Murton is likely derived from a personal name and a settlement. 'Fell' means hill or mountain, and 'Knock' is a Gaelic word for a hill.
Word origins
- Murton
- Old NorseMurt's farmstead(from Murt "personal name", tun "farmstead, village")
- fell
- Old Norsehill, mountain(from fjall "mountain")
- Knock
- Gaelichill(from cnoc "hill")