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.

Moor

Other OS name in the Parish of Sowton

Historical Forms

  • la More c.1280 Exon
  • More 1500 Ipm
  • Moure al. Ryggedon 1542 NGl4,169

Etymology

is la More c. 1280 Exon, More 1500 Ipm, Moure al. Ryggedon 1542 NGl 4, 169 . v. mor .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Major Settlement