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Survey of English Place-Names

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Moorway Lane

Other OS name in the Parish of Sandford Orcas

Historical Forms

  • Moorway (Orchd) 1838 TA

Etymology

, Moorway (Orchd )1838TA , cf. la Mourhous 1380, pratum vocat 'Morys 1430Digby , Moor Md 1838 TA , v. mōr ' marshyground ' , weg , hūs , mǣd .