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.

Moorhay

Other OS name in the Parish of Ashwater

Historical Forms

  • Morehay 1464 FF
  • Morcomb(e) 1333 SR 1491 Ipm

Etymology

is Morehay 1464FF and Morcombe Wood is Morcomb (e )1333SR (p), 1491 Ipm . v. mor , (ge)hæg , cumb .