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.

Mossbank Fm, Mossnook Wood, Moss Wood

Other OS name in the Parish of Knutsford

Etymology

, cf. Tofte mosse 1571Sheaf , Adlington Plantation 1831 Bry , Old Moss , Old Moss Wood 1842 OS,1847TA , Moss Knook 1847TA , v. mos , nōk ; Adlington is the surname from Adlington 1181 .