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.

Moore Wood

Early-attested site in the Parish of Ailsworth

Historical Forms

  • bosc. voc. le Moore c.1400 Rental
  • Moore wood 1631 Rental

Etymology

Moore Wood is bosc. voc. le Moore c. 1400Rental , Moore wood 1631Rental . Cf. also Morhauwe , Eylisuuorthe Mor c. 1250Swaffham . v. mor , haga . The ground is marshy here.

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Major Settlement