Moor Houses
Early-attested site in the Parish of Ilkley
Historical Forms
- le Morehouses c.1290 YDv
- Morehous(e) 1333,1342 YDvi
- Morehous(e)feld 1466 YASMd
- Morehowse 1439 ib
- Middelton Morehouses in Wherledale 1386 YDvi
- Middleton Moorhouses 1636 WillY 1693 PRIlk
Etymology
Moor Houses, le Morehouses c. 1290 YD v, Morehous (e )1333, 1342 YD vi, Morehous (e )feld 1466YAS Md 59, Morehowse 1439 ib, Middelton Morehouses in Wherledale 1386 YD vi, Middleton Moorhouses 1636 WillY, 1693 PRIlk. 'Houses on the moor', v. mōr , hūs .
Places in the same Parish
Early-attested site
Other OS name
- Beck Foot
- Black Hill
- Bow Beck Gill
- Bow Shaw
- Bracken Ridge
- Crabtree Gill
- Nell Bank
- Parks Lane
- Round Hill
- Holden Gill
- Long Ridge
- Park Wells, Park Wood
- Spring Well Ho
- Willow Garth
- Coppy Wood
- Drya Dykes
- Fairsbur
- Fir Royd
- Foldshaw Gill, Foldshaw Ridge
- Gill Beck
- Hardings Lane
- The Hollies
- Hudson Wood
- Hunger Hill
- Ing Gills
- Ling Park
- Lister's Dub
- Loftshaw Gill
- Low Hall
- Low Laithe
- Lurgy Delf
- March Gill
- Middle Gill
- Old Wives' Gill
- Pike Bent, Pike Well
- Hardistys
- Leyfield
- Owler Wood
- Round Hill
- West Hall
- Clifford's Bog
- Middleton Lodge
- Owler Park
- Popple Well
- Terrace Gill
- Thatch Ling
- Whinthorn Ridge, Whinthorn Ridge Gill
- Austby Gill
- Black Foss
- Bramberry
- Brant Bank Lane
- Cat Holes Wood
- Common Holme Lane
- Dean, Dean Beck, Dean Head
- Ellishaw Beck, Ellishaw Hill
- Gill Lane
- Grey Stone
- High Lathe, Middle Lathe, Low Lathe
- Oliver
- Riddings Lathe
- Wards End
- Wood End
- Carter's Lane
- Delves Ridge, Delves Slack
- Oak Ghyll Ho
- Pawpots, Pawpots Gill
- Slates Lane
- Hurdy Ho
- Middle Gill Head
- Raw Riddings
- Trundle Stones