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.

Houghton Moss

Other OS name in the Parish of Stanwix

Historical Forms

  • the Mosse of Houghton 1589 ExchKR

Etymology

( 6 ″ ) is the Mosse of Houghton 1589ExchKR . v. mos .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement