Murdishaw Wood
Early-attested site in the Parish of Runcorn
Historical Forms
- Murdishaw Wood 1842 OS
- Murder Shaw 1746 Chol
- Mottershaw Wood 1831 Bry
- Mattershaw Wood 1843 TA
Etymology
Murdishaw Wood [mə:diʃə], Murdishaw Wood 1842 OS, Murder Shaw 1746Chol , Mottershaw Wood 1831 Bry, Mattershaw Wood 1843TA , probably 'spokesman's wood', v. mōtere , sceaga , the first el. confused with murder 'murder' or exchanged for it after some unrecorded killing.The wood was at the boundaries of Aston, Norton, Preston, Stockham and Sutton, a position suitable for local assemblies. The place may be the origin of the surname Modershale , Modreshale 1333, 1339 ChRR, in which case the second el. is halh (dat.sg. hale ) 'a nook, a corner', confused with sceaga through a ME form *(-s )haugh from the nom.sg.
Places in the same Parish
Other OS name
- Quickwoods
- Townfield Fm
- Aston Hall
- Aston Heath
- Beckett's Wood
- Bird's Wood
- Blackamoor Wood
- Boundary Fm
- Chapel Wood
- Chester Lane(lost)
- The Coppice
- Dell Wood
- Hatton's Hey Wood
- Kidney Plantation
- Parkside
- Pool Dale, Pool Fm & Pool Ho
- Higher Street & Lower Street
- Big Wood
- Bob's Bridge
- Bog Wood
- Borrows Bridge
- Cawley's Bridge
- Fiddler's Ferry
- Green Bridge & Green Wood
- Haystack Lodge
- Keckwickford Fm
- Lodge Fm
- Manor Fm
- Marshgate Fm
- Nortonhill
- Norton Town Bridge
- Oxmoor Wood
- Sandymoor Wood
- Stonedelph Dock
- Weir's Gorse
- Whatford Fm
- Windmill Hill
- Wood Lane
- Beacon Hill
- Holloway
- Higher Greenhouse Fm & Lower Greenhouse Fm
- Springfield
- Sutton Fields Fm
- Sutton Hall
- Sutton Locks
- Sutton Mills
- Woodside
- Bankes' Lane
- Cavendish Fm
- Cheshyre's Lane
- Weston Ho
- Stretches Gorse
- Pickerings Rough
- Stenhill Lane(lost)
- Norton Bridge
- Norton Marsh
- Brickfield Cottages
- Irwell Lane
- Moughland Lane
- No Man's Land
- Penketh's Lane
- Pewithall
- Pickow Fm
- Pool Lane, Big Pool
- Runcorn Gap
- Runcorn Sands
- Sea Lane
- Well Ho
- Wood Lane
- Woodfalls Fm
- Beech Wood
- Chester Lane
- Clough Wood
- The Gorse
- Higher Ho
- Lowe's Wood
- Marshgate Fm
- Sutton Causeway
- Quarrybank
- Weston Quarries
- Bank Rough
- Whittle's Corner
- Point Turn Bridge
- Moss Side Fm, Upper Moss Side Fm
- Norton Lane(lost)
- Norton Townfield
- Hill Cottages
- Millbrow
- Park Fm
- Gorsy Acre, Gorsy Acres, Gorsey Acre, Gorsey Acres
- Weston Marsh
- Bankfield Fm
- Whitehouse Fm
- Haddock's Lodge & Haddock's Wood
- Hallwood
- Halton Common
- Haltongate Fm
- Halton Grange
- Halton Lodge
- Halton Rd
- The Mount
- Sea-Lane
- Norbury's Wood
- Norton Lodge
- Norton Warehouses
- Bate's Bridge
- Bridgewater Ho
- Brookside
- Church Bank
- Cock & Hen Lane
- Doctor's Bridge
- Greenway Rd
- Grove Ho(lost)
- Highfield Ho & Highfield Tannery
- Lockfield Cottage
- Norton Lane
- Sutton Bridge
- Heath Rd
- Weston Point
Early-attested site
- Middleton Grange
- Mare Clough
- Rock Savage
- Eanley Wood Fm, Lower Eanley Wood Fm
- Norton Priory
- Higher Runcorn
- The Ferry
- Runcorn Heath, Heath Ho
- Rosam Grave
- Stonehills, Stonehill's Lane
- Clifton Hall
- Astmoor Fm & Astmoor Marsh
- Halton Castle
- Halton Hill
- Halton Park
- The Hempstones, Hempstones Point
- Marsh Fm
- Meadow Lane Bridge