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Survey of English Place-Names

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Brankelow Moss

Early-attested site in the Parish of Audlem and Wrenbury

Historical Forms

  • Brankelow Moss 1842 OS
  • (le) Haremos c.1130 Cott. 1479
  • Hare Moss 18 ib

Etymology

Brankelow Moss (118–579444), Brankelow Moss 1842 OS, (le ) Haremos c.1130 (1479) Cott . Faust. B. viii, (18) Sheaf3 28 (6118), Hare Moss 18 ib (6138), 'the old moss', v. hār 2 , mos . It is on the county boundary, and the boundary with Marbury 106infra . The later name is from Brankelow supra .