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.

Moorhouse Fm

Early-attested site in the Parish of Brougham

Historical Forms

  • Morehouses 1462 Pat
  • Moor(e)houses 1617 NWm 1682,1686 PR 1699 NWm
  • Brougham Moor 1865 OS
  • the moore of Brougham 1676 BrmUC

Etymology

Moorhouse Fm, Morehouses 1462 Pat, Moor (e )houses 1617 NWm 59, 1682, 1686 PR, 1699 NWm 290, v. mōr, hūs, named from Brougham Moor 1865 OS (the moore of Brougham 1676BrmUC ).