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.

Broughton Moor

Major Settlement in the Parish of Broughton Moor

Historical Forms

  • Broghton more c.1187 HolmC
  • mor a de Broctona c.1215 HolmC
  • Broughton more 1535 MinAcct

Etymology

v. Broughton supra 274 and mōr .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name