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Survey of English Place-Names

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Toadmoor

Other OS name in the Parish of Heage

Historical Forms

  • Tod(e)mer 1397 DuLa 1417 MinAcct
  • Todmergreue 1482 ib
  • Toad Myre 1602 Ct
  • Tood(e)meare 1611 DuLaSC
  • Toadmoor 1682 ParRegDuffield

Etymology

, Tod (e )mer 1397DuLa , 1417MinAcct , Todmergreue 1482 ib, Toad Myre 1602Ct ,Tood (e )meare 1611DuLaSC , Toadmoor 1682 ParReg Duffield , ' toadpool ' , v. tādige , mere 1 , with late replacement of mere 1 by mōr 1 .