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.

The Moor

Field in the Parish of Finchampstead

Historical Forms

  • 1844 TA
  • Moor Howse 1602 Bodl
  • Moorehouse 1654 Bodl
  • The Moors 1654 Bodl 1786 Bodl
  • Moorhouse 1686 Bodl

Etymology

The Moor(cf. Mora 1275–6 RH(p), More 1327 SR(p), Moor Howse 1602 F, Moorehouse, The Moors 1654, Moorhouse 1686, The Moors 1786 ib,v. mōr)