Moston
Major Settlement in the Parish of Stanton upon Hine Heath
Historical Forms
- Mostune 1086 DB
- Mosseton 1520 AD
Etymology
'Moss settlement'; the wood to the E. of the hamlet is called Top Moss. This name is on the southern edge of the area in which mos (which means 'moss' the plant as well as 'bog') is regularly used for boggy areas. There are a few instances in southern England, and one Sa example, Mose in Quatford, is further south than Moston, but mos is only common in counties N. of Shropshire.The compound with tūn recurs in Ch and La.
Places in the same Parish
Other OS name
- Blakeleyhill
- Booley Bank
- Booley Ho
- Morgan's Coppice
- New Lodge, Lodge Bank
- Quarry Coppice
- The Cave
- Harcourt Mill
- Harcourt Park
- Avenue Cottages
- Dogkennel Cottage
- Greenfields, Green Lane
- Greenhurst, Greenhurst Lane
- Hall Coppice
- Heath Ho
- High Hatton Hall
- New Coppice
- Platt Brook
- Side Saddle Lake
- The Summer Ho
- Wood Fm
- Woodmill Fm
- Booley Fm
- Moston Coppice
- Moston Ho
- Moston Pool
- Old Boat Ho
- Papermill Bank, Papermill Bridge
- Butlers Bank
- Coolmoor
- Hazle Gorse
- The Hazles
- Longley
- Mannings Coppice
- New Fm
- Potford Brook
- Stanton Heath
- Stanton Mill
- Stonehouse Fm and The Woodlands
- Wood Villa
Early-attested site
Major Settlement
Field
- Acres
- Barley Fd
- Big Fd
- Big Flg
- Blot Fd
- Booley Coppice
- Bowling Green
- Breech
- Broomy Lsw
- The Brooms
- Brown Heath
- The Clemley
- Clover Fd
- Common Pce
- Coppy Fd
- Cote Lsw
- The Cow Pasture
- Cranberry Moss
- ( The ) Croft
- Croft
- Drumble Lsw
- Fallow Fd
- Field
- Field before the House
- Fridays
- Garden Fd
- Gorsty Lsw
- The Grigg Fd
- Grooms Fd
- Hamin Fd
- The Haymaker
- Heath Lsw
- Hempbutt
- Highway Lsw
- The Hill
- Horse Pasture
- Little Coppice
- Lloyd Hill
- Long Fd
- The Looms
- Marl Lsw
- Meadow
- Meadow
- Middle Fd
- Moors
- Mosses Croft
- New Croft
- The New Lsw
- New Road
- Old Shops
- Park Fd
- The Ploughed Flg
- Pool Mdw
- Rushy Fd
- The Slangs
- Solid Horn
- The Three Birches
- Top Fd
- Triangle Fd
- Wettings Dale