Fife Place-name Data

Morendy

Morendy FGN S NO429250 2

    Mornday 1775 Ainslie/Fife
    Moranday Houses 1790 x 1799 St Fort Sketch Plan [in Littlefair 1985]
    Mornday Cottage 1841 Census Record
    Mornday 1827 Ainslie/East Fife
    Morendy Cottages 1855 OS 6 inch 1st edn [also Morendy Wood]

? Sc murn

The derivation of this name is unclear, and it is not even certain in which language it was coined. It may, however, contain Sc murn ‘mourn, weep’, found with more certainty in Mournipea AMY (q.v., above).

    The name survives in OS Pathf. Morendy Cottages (NO429250) and Morendy Wood (NO427248).

/ˈmɔrəndɪ/ or /ˈmɔrndɪ/

This place-name appeared in printed volume 4

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