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.

Morland

Major Settlement in the Parish of Morland

Historical Forms

  • Morlund(ia) 1133–47 Weth 1133–56 Whitby Ric1 Ch 1308 Whitby l.12 CWix,246,xxvii,229 e.13 1202 Weth 1204,1218,1234–6 Ass11 1256 Weth 1405
  • Morland Hy2 Weth 1230 Pat 1250–60 Weth 1304 Carliol 1703 NicVisit
  • Murland l.12 Weth
  • Murlund J BM 1231,1232 Pipe
  • Morelund 13 Whitby 1240–87 CWix,251
  • Moreland 1571 FF
  • Morlaunde 1257 Pipe 1279 Ass7
  • Morlound 1334 Carliol

Etymology

'Wood on the moor or marsh', v. mōr , lundr ; cf. Morland Moor (infra ).

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site