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(lost)

Other OS name in the Parish of Thornton le Moors

Historical Forms

  • Thorntonmore 1353 ChFor
  • le more uersus dominium de Frodsham, le Westmor 1390 CoLegh

Etymology

( lost ) , 1842 OS , Thorntonmore 1353ChFor , le more uersus dominium de Frodsham , le Westmor 1390CoLegh , cf. Moor Field 1841TA , v. mōr 1 . Westmor was on the west side of the township , v. west .