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Moss Cottage & Moss Wood, Little Moss

Other OS name in the Parish of Astbury

Historical Forms

  • mosseta de Rode 1329 Orm2
  • Mosse Croft & Mosse Field(s) 1647 BW 1839 TA
  • Little Mosse 1662 BW
  • Little Moss 1842 OS
  • Mosse Meadow 1744 BW
  • the Further Moss, Middle Moss, Near Moss, Gorsey Moss & Long Moss 1798 BW

Etymology

, mosseta de Rode 1329 Orm2, Mosse Croft & Mosse Field (s )1647BW , 1839TA , Little Mosse 1662BW , Little Moss 1842 OS, Mosse Meadow 1744BW , the Further Moss , Middle Moss , Near Moss , Gorsey Moss & Long Moss 1798BW , v. mos .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site