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.

High Moor

Other OS name in the Parish of Morland

Historical Forms

  • the Hiemore 1642 PR(Mrl)
  • High Mo(o)re 1642,1648,1667 ib
  • Newby Hie Moore 1665 ib

Etymology

( lost ) , the Hiemore 1642 PR(Mrl), (the , ye ) High Mo (o )re 1642, 1648, 1667 ib, Newby Hie Moore 1665 ib , v. hēah 1 , mōr , cf. the nearby Low Moor (ii, 149infra ) .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site