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.

Moorlands

Other OS name in the Parish of Brampton

Historical Forms

  • Moorhay 1698 Terrier
  • Morrey 1712 Derby

Etymology

( 6 ″ ) , cf. Brampton More 1496Bemrose , Brampton Moore 1627 Hall iii and Morcrof (sic)1185Templars , Morsike Hy 3WollCh , v. mōr 1 , croft and sīc . Moorhay Fm , Moorhay 1698Terrier , Morrey 1712Derby , cf. perhaps (del )Hay (e )c. 1250 RegAnt (p), 1292 Hall iii (p) and Wigley Moor 1694Woll from which it is named , v. mōr 1 , (ge)hæg .