Moordale Bottom
valley · Stockton-on-Tees
Old EnglishSurmised
Probable2 sources · name elements
This name describes a valley ('bottom') within a dale ('moor dale'), indicating a valley within a valley or a valley on a moor.
Word origins
- Moor
- Old Englishopen uncultivated land(from mōr "moor, heath, fen")
- Dale
- Old Englishvalley(from dæl "valley")
- Bottom
- Old EnglishAttestedvalley(from botm "valley, bottom")