English Explanatory Dictionary

Morpeth

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A town and civil parish with a town council in and the administrative centre of Northumberland, England (OS grid ref NZ1985).
  2. A community in Chatham-Kent municipality, Ontario, Canada, named after Lord Morpeth.
  3. A suburb of the City of Maitland, New South Wales, Australia, named after the Northumbrian town.

Word forms

Morpeth

Etymology

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

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