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.

Moorside

Other OS name in the Parish of Morland

Historical Forms

  • the Moorside 1647 PR(Mrl)
  • ye Mooreside 1655 ib
  • Morsid 1683 ib

Etymology

, the Moorside 1647 PR(Mrl), ye Mooreside 1655 ib, Morsid 1683ib , v. Great Strickland Moor (supra ) , sīde .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site