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.

Moorwood Moor

Early-attested site in the Parish of South Wingfield

Historical Forms

  • Morw(o)de Hy2 Darley Hy2,John BelCh
  • bosco de Morwde ubi quondam heremite solebant habitate 1204–35 StoweCh c.1235 Derby 1264,Hy3 Darley 1382 Cl

Etymology

Moorwood Moor, Morw (o )de Hy 2 Darley, Hy 2, JohnBelCh , bosco de Morwde ubi quondam heremite solebant habitate 1204–35 StoweCh, c. 1235Derby , 1264, Hy 3 Darley, 1382 Cl. v. mōr 1 , wudu .