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Moss Mere & Moss Wood

Other OS name in the Parish of Malpas

Historical Forms

  • Cholmondeley Roughs 1831 Bry
  • Bickley Moss Plantation, Moss Mere 1842 OS

Etymology

, Cholmondeley Roughs 1831 Bry, Bickley Moss Plantation , Moss Mere 1842 OS , cf. mosseta de Cholmundelegh '1348Chol , Cholmundeley Moss 1517 AD , Cholmondeley Moss 1705Chol , Mosse Croft , the Moore , Litle Moore ,the Three Moores 1670ib , also Chapel Mere supra , Bickley Moss 10supra , v. mos , mere 1 , mōr 1 , rūh .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site