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.

Moorways End

Early-attested site in the Parish of Hanbury

Historical Forms

  • Moreweye 1299 RBB 18th
  • Morewisend 1545 LP
  • Murrwayes end 1652 Comp
  • Moorwaisend 1655 FF

Etymology

'End of the way across the mor or marshy place.'

Places in the same Parish

Major Settlement

Early-attested site