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.

the Moor

Field in the Parish of Rockhampton

Historical Forms

  • 1839 TA
  • le More 1435 Gloss
  • the Moore 1635 Inq 1636 Inq

Etymology

the Moor(le More 1435 Gloss, the Moore 1635, 1636,v. mōr)

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement