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.

Moorslade

Early-attested site in the Parish of Falfield

Historical Forms

  • Morslade 1323 MinAcct
  • Murslad' 1326 ib
  • Moreslade 1533 1638 InqM

Etymology

Moorslade, Morslade 1323MinAcct , Murslad '1326 ib, Moreslade 1533 ib, 1638 InqM. 'Valley in the moor or marsh', v. mōr , slæd , and cf. Mussel End (ii, 153supra ).

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement