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.

Middlesmoor Pasture

Early-attested site in the Parish of Kettlewell

Historical Forms

  • Middellesmora 12 Font
  • Midlesmor(a), Mydlesmor(a), Mydlesmore l.12,c.1200,1268 1540 MinAcct 1574 Skp
  • Middlesmore 1595 ib

Etymology

Middlesmoor Pasture, Middellesmora 12 Font, Midlesmor (a ), Mydlesmor (a ), Mydlesmore l. 12, c. 1200, 1268 ib, 1540MinAcct , 1574Skp 1, Middlesmore 1595 ib. 'Middlemost moor', from OE  midleste , superl. of middel , and mōr ; cf. Middlesmoor v, 217supra .