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.

The Moors

Other OS name in the Parish of Stoke

Etymology

( lost , about 109 – 430750 ) , 1842 OS , cf. Moor 1844TA , a tract of Marsh in Little Stanney and Thornton le Moors , cf. 3259 , the location of mara de Grundles 13 Whall , ' the swamp calledBottomless ' , v. grundlēas , mōr 1 .