English Place-name Society

Survey of English Place-Names

A county-by-county guide to the linguistic origins of England’s place-names – a project of the English Place-Name Society, founded 1923.

Kingmoor

Major Settlement in the Parish of Kingmoor

Historical Forms

  • Kinge moore 1589 ExchKR
  • the Kyngmoore 1590 MH c.1683
  • the king(e)s moor(e) 1619,1633,1658 MunRec
  • the King moore 1628 ib
  • a great Waste called Kingmoor 1764 CWiv

Etymology

“The hamlet of King-Moor…was formerly vested in the Crown” (H ii, 583 n.). v. mōr .

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