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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 Carr

Other OS name in the Parish of Keighley

Historical Forms

  • Moss-scarr 1679 PRKy

Etymology

, Moss-scarr 1679PRKy , probably ' mossy marsh ' , v. mos , kjarr .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement