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.

Moorwell Leys Spinney

Early-attested site in the Parish of Hanging Houghton

Historical Forms

  • Morall Lease 1662 Clayton 1670 Terrier

Etymology

Moorwell Leys Spinney (6″) is Morall Lease 1662Clayton , 1670Terrier , v. læs .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Major Settlement