May Moss
Early-attested site in the Parish of Allerston
Historical Forms
- Mawemose 1335 ForP
Etymology
v. mos 'a peat bog.' The first element is perhaps the ON by-name Magi (LindBN), which appears in ME as Mawe c. 1100 (Danelaw Ch 37) and Maue c. 1245 (Selby Cart. i. 374).