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.

Rock Moor

Early-attested site in the Parish of Rock

Historical Forms

  • More 1086 DB
  • la More, More 1210 RBE 1275 Ass
  • Mora Hugonis c.1150 Surv
  • Chenies More 16th VCHiv.322
  • Cheany Moor 1786 ib

Etymology

v. mor . The Hugo of the Survey is unknown. The Cheneys are first definitely associated with the manor in the 16th cent. (VCH loc. cit .).