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.

Moorfield

Other OS name in the Parish of Awre

Historical Forms

  • Morefeld- (stret) 1445 BledCt
  • la More 1334 GR421
  • the Moore c.1624 ib

Etymology

, 1840TA , Morefeld -(stret )1445BledCt , named from la More 1334GR 421, the Moore c. 1624 ib , v. mōr ; it is on the Roman road ( v. strǣt ) .