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.

Moseley (Fms)

Early-attested site in the Parish of Hughenden

Historical Forms

  • Musleghe 1237–40 Fees
  • Mosleye 1284 FA
  • Mesleye 1302 FA
  • Moos(e)ley 1714 Rec.xi.175
  • Mouseley c.1825 O

Etymology

'Moss clearing' v. meos , leah .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Major Settlement