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Plover's Moss

Other OS name in the Parish of Delamere Forest

Historical Forms

  • Plouers Mosse 1503 ChFor
  • Plovers Moss 1816 EnclA
  • Plovers' Moss 1816 Sheaf

Etymology

, Plouers Mosse 1503ChFor , Plovers Moss 1816EnclA , Plovers ' Moss 1816Sheaf , cf. Plovers Lodge 1842 OS , v. plouer ' a plover ' , mos , loge .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name