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.

Block Moors

Early-attested site in the Parish of Coveney

Historical Forms

  • Blockemor 1326 MinAcct
  • Blokmoor 15th Ely
  • Block Moors 1637 BedL
  • Blackmores 1653 FenS

Etymology

Block Moors is Blockemor 1326MinAcct , Blokmoor 15thEly , Block Moors 1637 BedL, Blackmores 1653FenS . Cf. Blockmoor Fensupra 198.

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement