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.

Moorgate

Other OS name in the Parish of Okehampton and Okehampton Hamlets

Historical Forms

  • Moretowne Yeat 1585 Dartmoor
  • la More 1267 Exon

Etymology

( 6 ″ ) is Moretowne Yeat 1585Dartmoor and was the home of Richard de la More 1267 Exon . It was one of the openings into Dartmoor Forest . v. geat .