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Survey of English Place-Names

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Slate Quarry Moss

Other OS name in the Parish of Brough

Historical Forms

  • Slate Moss 1807 BdyR

Etymology

, 1863 OS , Slate Moss 1807BdyR , ' bog where slates were got ' , v. slate , mos ; there is an old quarry in the middle of this moor .

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Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name