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Survey of English Place-Names

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Little Moor

Field in the Parish of Rearsby

Historical Forms

  • 1968 Surv 1876 Sale 1731 Terrier
  • the moare 1612 Terrier
  • the Moore 1625 Terrier 1648 Terrier
  • the Moore head 1612 Terrier 1625 Terrier 1648 Terrier

Etymology

Little Moor 1968 (the moare 1612, the Moore 1625, 1648, the Moor 1675, 1712), 1876 (1731, the Moore head 1612, 1625, 1648, cf. the Moor (e) head Furlong 1675, 1679 et passim to 1745, v. hēafod, furlang) (v. mōr 1)

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Major Settlement