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.

Moodersley

Other OS name in the Parish of Kedleston

Historical Forms

  • Motherlees 1630 Plan
  • Motherleyes 1655 Portland

Etymology

, Motherlees 1630Plan , Motherleyes 1655Portland . Perhaps ' Mōthir's pasture ' , v. lǣs , cf. Motherby (PN Cu 198) for the ODan pers.n. Mōthir .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement