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 Moore Close

Field in the Parish of Withcote

Historical Forms

the Moore Close 1586 Plan

Etymology

the Moore Close 1586 (v. mōr 1, clos (e))

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Sauvey Castle

Other OS name

Major Settlement

Withcote