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.

Moorwood

Other OS name in the Parish of Holmesfield

Historical Forms

  • Mor(e)wod(e) 1381 Bemrose 1490,1494 DbAxx

Etymology

, Mor (e )wod (e )1381Bemrose (p), 1490, 1494 DbA xx , cf. moram de Holmesfeld 1332Middleton , la Mor 1328 SR (p) , v. mōr 1 , wudu .