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.
Survey of English place-names
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Moor Ho
Moor Ho
Early-attested site in the Parish of Stainburn
Historical Forms
Morhuses
1279
Ass
Etymology
'Moor houses,'
v.
mōr
,
hūs
.
Places in the same Parish
Early-attested site
Cranberry Moss
Kirkeby Crossan
Prior How
Other OS name
West Leys
The Yearl
Major Settlement
Stainburn