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.

Moorhouse

Other OS name in the Parish of Whiston

Historical Forms

  • Murhous 1493 BM
  • Mower House 1526 WillY

Etymology

, Murhous 1493 BM, Mower House 1526 WillY , the two forms may be variants of OE  mōr ' moor ' , as this is a common compound , v. hūs .