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.

Burn End Moor

Early-attested site in the Parish of Shap

Historical Forms

  • Burnandmore 1578,1596,1671 PR
  • Burrnadmore 1589 ib
  • Burnet(t) moore 1621 ShpPn 1717 PR

Etymology

Burn End Moor (lost), 1755 PR, Burnandmore 1578, 1596, 1671 PR, Burrnadmore 1589 ib, Burnet (t ) moore 1621 ShpPn 156, 1717 PR. 'The burning moor', ME  brennand , v. mōr .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement