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.

Cartwright Moor

Other OS name in the Parish of Somerby

Etymology

( lost ) , 1828 Bry , named from the surn . Cartwright , cf. perhaps Robert Cartwright ( retired farmer ) of the neighbouring parish of Searby 1851Census .