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.

Wildmoor Lane

Other OS name in the Parish of Barrow

Etymology

, cf. Wyldemore 1442Chol , Wild Moores alias Allen 's Moores 1752ib , Wild Moors 1831 Bry , ' desolate marsh ' , v. wilde , mōr 1 . Allen is a surname .