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.

Moss Bury

Early-attested site in the Parish of Stevenage

Historical Forms

  • Mosbury 1676 S
  • Morice 1294 SR

Etymology

Moss Bury is Mosbury 1676 S and is probably to be associated with the family of John Morice (1294SR ), another case of a manorial bury , v. burh and infra 243. Cf. also Moriceslond 1360WAM . An exact parallel is Mossbury (PN BedsHu 111).