Mopus (Ta)
Early-attested site in the Parish of Bootle
Historical Forms
- le Malpas c.1195 Cockersand
- Malpase 13th ADiv
- Malpas 1537 AOMB 1542 CWx
Etymology
The modern name goes back through colloquial French to a Latin adj. + noun Malus passus , and like the well-known Cheshire Malpas, as interpreted by Giraldus Cambrensis (Opera vi, 146), means 'difficult passage.' In the Tithe Award of Corney, the name Mopus refers to a long strip of land along the east side of Eskmeals Pool, between the Corney-Bootle boundary and the road running westwards from Seaton Hall.
Places in the same Parish
Other OS name
- Bootle Fell
- Soura Well
- Mill Bridge
- Stub Place
- Selker Bay
- Beckside
- Broadwater
- Charity Chair
- Cross Ho
- Fell Side
- Flatts
- Ford Ho
- High Mill
- The Hill
- Kiskin
- The Nook
- Sikebeck
- The Tarn
- Wellbank
- Wylie Gapp