English Place-name Society

Survey of English Place-Names

A county-by-county guide to the linguistic origins of England’s place-names – a project of the English Place-Name Society, founded 1923.

Morley, Morley Green

Early-attested site in the Parish of Wilmslow

Historical Forms

  • Morlegh c.1200 Fitt
  • Morlegh in Pounale 1328 ib
  • parcum de Morlegh 1358 MinAcct
  • Morleg' 13 Fitt
  • le Morleg' c.1320 ib
  • Morley(e) 1330 Pat 1332 Ipm
  • Morely 1655 Sheaf
  • Morlengis 1286 Eyre
  • Morlees 1329 Mass
  • The Green 1831 Bry

Etymology

'Woodland glade at a moor', v. mōr 1 , lēah .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site