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.

Cranberry Moss

Early-attested site in the Parish of Stainburn

Historical Forms

  • Traneberimos 1227 StB
  • Tranbermosse c.1227 ib

Etymology

Whellan. 'Cranberry mos,' cf. Sw  tranbär , Da tranebær . Tranberamyr is recorded in Middle Norwegian.

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement