Etymology

Morpeth

M3O1R1P3E1T1H4

Today it means: A town and civil parish with a town council in and the administrative centre of Northumberland, England (OS grid ref NZ1985). Full definition →

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The story

Originally recorded in the Assize Rolls of Northumberland of 1256 as Morthpath, from morð pað, ”murder path”.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.