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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.

Moatlow Knob

Early-attested site in the Parish of Youlgreave

Historical Forms

  • Motloue, Motlowe c.1250,c.1280,1289,1352 BelCh
  • Mutloue 1652 ParlSurv

Etymology

Moatlow Knob (6″), Motloue , Motlowe c. 1250, c. 1280, 1289, 1352BelCh , Mutloue 1652ParlSurv . 'Assembly, hill', v. mōt , hlāw ; cf. Moat Low infra 399.

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement