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.

Moor Wood

Other OS name in the Parish of East Dean

Historical Forms

  • (the) Mo(o)rewood 1612,1628 Comm

Etymology

, (the ) Mo (o )rewood 1612, 1628Comm , v. mōr , wudu , cf. Moorwood (242infra ) .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement