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.

Kentis Moor

Other OS name in the Parish of Kentisbeare

Historical Forms

  • Kentelesmore c.1200 StNicholas
  • Kentysmore 1445 Ct
  • Kentmore 1525 AOMB

Etymology

is Kentelesmore c. 1200St Nicholas , Kentysmore 1445Ct , Kentmore 1525AOMB . v. Kentisbeare supra 564 . According to Pole it was a tract of wet uncultivated ground , v. mor .