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.

Moor Houses

Early-attested site in the Parish of Ilkley

Historical Forms

  • le Morehouses c.1290 YDv
  • Morehous(e) 1333,1342 YDvi
  • Morehous(e)feld 1466 YASMd
  • Morehowse 1439 ib
  • Middelton Morehouses in Wherledale 1386 YDvi
  • Middleton Moorhouses 1636 WillY 1693 PRIlk

Etymology

Moor Houses, le Morehouses c. 1290 YD v, Morehous (e )1333, 1342 YD vi, Morehous (e )feld 1466YAS Md 59, Morehowse 1439 ib, Middelton Morehouses in Wherledale 1386 YD vi, Middleton Moorhouses 1636 WillY, 1693 PRIlk. 'Houses on the moor', v. mōr , hūs .