The story
- Old English · derived fromfeld“field”
- Middle English · derived fromMamerfeld
- English todayMorville
The Shropshire name is from Middle English Mamerfeld (1138). Probably from a Proto-Brythonic name formed with a *mamm (“mother”), probably a reference to a breast-shaped hill (cf. Manchester). Suffixed with Old English feld (“field”).
Words from the same roots
Old Englishfeld all →
fieldSheffieldFeltonFelthamBelfieldMakerfieldCuckfieldBousfieldGwernaffield
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.