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.

Moore Lane

Field in the Parish of Dowdeswell

Historical Forms

  • Moore Lane 1577 Rogers
  • Moore leasowe 1632 Inq

Etymology

Moore Lane 1577, Moore leasowe 1632(v. mōr, lane, lǣs)

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement