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Survey of English Place-Names

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Whalemoor

Other OS name in the Parish of Lowther

Historical Forms

  • Whailemoor(e) 1671,1683 PR 1695 PR(Bm)
  • Quale Moor 1716 ib

Etymology

, 1704 Terr , Whailemoor (e )1671, 1683 PR, 1695 PR(Bm), Quale Moor 1716 ib , v. mōr .