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.

Moat Low

Early-attested site in the Parish of Newton Grange

Historical Forms

  • Motlawe 1243 BurtCh
  • Mutlowe 1346 Pat
  • Mottelowe 1490 BurtReg 1533–8 ECP

Etymology

Moat Low, Motlawe 1243 BurtCh, Mutlowe 1346 Pat (p), Mottelowe 1490BurtReg , 1533–8 ECP. 'Assembly hill', v. mōt , hlāw ; cf. Moatlow Knob supra 183.

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement