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Survey of English Place-Names

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Bickley Moss

Early-attested site in the Parish of Malpas

Historical Forms

  • mora de Bykeley 1394 Chol
  • Bykley Heth 1524 ib
  • Bykleye Heath 1537 ib
  • Byckeley Mosse 1554 ib
  • Bykley Hethe c.1650 ib
  • Bickley Mosse 1668–71 Sheaf
  • the Moores 1695 Chol

Etymology

Bickley Moss, mora de Bykeley 1394Chol , Bykley Heth 1524ib , Bykleye Heath 1537ib , Byckeley Mosse 1554ib , Bykley Hethe c.1650ib , Bickley Mosse 1668–71 Sheaf, the Moores 1695Chol , The Moore 1699, the Moors in Bickley 1709ib , v. mōr 1 , hǣð , mos , cf. Moss Wood infra .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site