Motspur Park

English

Etymology

Motspur is a corruption Motspur < 1865 Mosper < 1823 Motts Spur < 1627 Motes Firs, which related to the 14th century Mot family whose fields contained furze.
The station was named after the nearby Motspur Farm, with Park added (matching neighbouring stations, all using the phrase to evoke high-class housing).
The town quickly took the name of the station, abandoning the previous name for the area (West Barnes).

Proper noun

Motspur Park

  1. A railway station now in the borough of Merton, Greater London, England, added in a rural pocket known as West Barnes in the Merton and Morden Urban District in Surrey, England in 1925 to an existing railway (opened 1859) to encourage use of local land for housing (OS grid ref TQ225676).
  2. A suburban town now partly in the borough of Kingston upon Thames, and partly in the borough of Merton, both in Greater London, England, but prior to local government reorganisation in 1965, partly in the Merton and Morden Urban District and partly in the Municipal Borough of Malden and Coombe both in Surrey, England (OS grid ref TQ2267).
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