Northmoor
Major Settlement in the Parish of Northmoor
Historical Forms
- (to þam) more 1059 StDenis 11th
- la More 1200 Cur 1361 Cl
- la Mora 1203 Cur
- Mora 1203 Cur 1285 Ass
- Mor' 1242–3 Fees
- More 1285 FF 1301,1347 Cl 1416 AD 1428 FA
- la Moore 1316 FA
- La More Sancti Dijonisii 1343 StJohn
- Northmore 1367 Cl
Etymology
'North marsh,' originally simply 'marsh,' v. mōr . Sancti Dijonisii from St Denis of Paris (land here is included in the grant made by Edward the Confessor to that Abbey in 1059), or from the church dedication which is to St Denis.