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.

Morice Town (district)

Other OS name in the Parish of Stoke Damarel

Etymology

( 6 ″ ) takes its name from the family of Sir William Morice , who purchased the manor of Stoke in 1667 from SirCharles Wise (J. J. A.) .