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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.

Burn Moor

Early-attested site in the Parish of Clapham

Historical Forms

  • Brunemor, Bronemor 1165–77 Furn
  • Broun(e)mor(e) 1177,1177–93 1307 YI
  • Brommemor 1220 Furn
  • Brownemore 1401 ib

Etymology

Burn Moor, Brunemor , Bronemor 1165–77 Furn, Broun (e )mor (e )1177, 1177–93 ib, 1307 YI, Brommemor 1220 Furn, Brownemore 1401 ib.'Brown moorland', v. brūn , mōr .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement