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.

Backmoor

Other OS name in the Parish of Mottram in Longdendale

Historical Forms

  • Little Moor 1847 TAMap

Etymology

, Little Moor 1847TAMap , v. back , mōr 1 .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site