English Place-name Society

Survey of English Place-Names

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Swarth Moor

Other OS name in the Parish of Clapham

Historical Forms

  • Swarth mo(o)re 1676,1687 YASDd

Etymology

, Swarth mo (o )re 1676,1687YAS Dd 104 , ' black moor ' , v. sweart , mōr ; it was partly in Stainforth .

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Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement