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.

Moresby

Parish in the County of Cumberland

Etymology

Part of Moresby was transferred to Whitehaven (infra 450) in 1934.

Major Settlements

Moresby

Other places in this Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site