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.

High and Low Moordike

Other OS name in the Parish of Castle Sowerby

Historical Forms

  • Mooredike 1619 ExchKR
  • Moore Dick 1623 PR(Greystoke)

Etymology

are Mooredike 1619ExchKR , Moore Dick 1623 PR (Greystoke) . v. mōr , dīc .