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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.

Moor Hall

Early-attested site in the Parish of Bakewell

Historical Forms

  • le Mor(e)hall(e) Ed1,1362,Ed3 BelCh
  • Moorhall Field 1619 1840 O
  • Gernon Hall 1306 DbAxv

Etymology

Moor Hall (lost), le Mor (e )hall (e )Ed 1, 1362, Ed 3BelCh , Moorhall Field 1619 ib, 1840 O. 'Hall on the moor', v. mōr 1 , hall . It was formerly the home of the Vernon (earlier Gernon ) family, lords of the manor of Bakewell and well evidenced in early records; it is Gernon Hall 1306 DbA xv. The foundations of the building are said to have been still visible early in this century in a field on Burton Moor, close to the old Castlegate.