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.

Moorwood

Other OS name in the Parish of Ruardean

Historical Forms

  • Morwde euse 1282 For
  • Morewood 1636 Comm

Etymology

, Morwde euse 1282For , Morewood 1636Comm , v. mōr , wudu , efes ' edge of a wood ' ; it is part of the same wood as Moorwood (223supra ) .