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Keith Briggs wrote: >> Marlston House [...] first recorded sub-tenant of the manor was >> Geoffrey Martel, in 1189-99 > > Is it certain that the house was named from the man? The surname is recorded at this location before the place-name. Balance of probabilities? > I would not have thought that new -ton names could be formed in the Norman > period. There is a faint suggestion of a change of place-name (that it was originally 'earl's tun'), but Gelling doesn't take that seriously. John Briggs