Moorfields
suburban area · City of Bristol
Old EnglishSurmised
Suggested2 sources · name elements
Moorfields likely refers to open fields situated on a moor. 'Moor' denotes uncultivated land, and 'fields' refers to areas of cultivated or open land.
Word origins
- Moor
- Old Englishopen uncultivated land(from mōr "moor, heath, fen")
- fields
- Old Englishfields(from feld "field, open land")