Thornton Moor
Other OS name in the Parish of Thornton Curtis
Historical Forms
- Thorneton Moore 1602,1653,1681 Yarb 1653 WillsPCC
- the more of Thornton Curtys 1649 Yarb
Etymology
( lost ) 1625, 1708, 1720Yarb , 1824 O , 1830 Gre , Thorneton Moore 1602, 1653, 1681Yarb ,1653 WillsPCC, the more of Thornton Curtys 1649Yarb ; it lay low by East Halton Beck , and so was presumably ' the marshy land ' , v. mōr 1 .