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.

Moss

Other OS name in the Parish of Ravenstonedale

Historical Forms

  • the Mosse 1643 ib

Etymology

, 1650, 1656 PR , the Mosse 1643 ib , v. mos ' bog, swamp ' .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement