# Morpeth

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #73,455

## Definitions
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.

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

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/morpeth