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.

Ranmoors

Field in the Parish of Pontesbury

Historical Forms

  • 1842 TA

Etymology

Ranmoors(v. mōr, first el. probably *rān'boundary strip', the fields are on theboundary with Hinton)