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.

Cranberrymoss

Early-attested site in the Parish of Sheriff Hutton

Historical Forms

  • mora de Cranberimos 1155–89 YCh
  • Tranberimose 1235 Cl

Etymology

v. cran , mos . The first element is probably Engl  cranberry , 'peat bog where cranberries abound.' The form Tran - arises from interchange of OE  cran and ON  trani.

Places in the same Parish