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.

Big Merryfall & Lt Merryfall, Merryfall Wood

Other OS name in the Parish of Great Budworth

Historical Forms

  • Moryvale 1597 ib
  • Great Merryfall & Little Merryfall, Merryfall Fox Cover 1831 Bry

Etymology

, Moryvale 1597 ib, Great Merryfall & Little Merryfall , Merryfall Fox Cover 1831 Bry , ' pleasant clearing ' , v. myrge , (ge)fall .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site