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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.

Featherbed Moss

Other OS name in the Parish of Mottram in Longdendale

Etymology

, 1819 Orm1 , v. mos ' a moss ' . The name alludes to the soft spongy nature of the peat moss , cf. WRY 1234, 2283, 314, 698, Db 70, 373 .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site