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Midmoor Drain

Other OS name in the Parish of Burringham

Etymology

, cf. le Mydd More 1584 Hall , myd more 1585 Hall , Midmore 1586 Hall , le Middmore 1627 Hall , le midmore 1647Foster , Midmoor 1755BM , Middle moor 1756ib , Middle Moor 1800ib , Mid Noor 1842TAMap , probably ' (the place) amidst the marshland ' , v. mid ' among,amidst ' , mōr , rather than ' the middle marshland ' .