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.

Littlemoor (Rd)

Other OS name in the Parish of Broadwey

Historical Forms

  • prat' voc' Lytilmore 1431 Weld1
  • Litulmore 1445 Rent
  • Little Moor 1841 TA

Etymology

, prat ' voc ' Lytilmore 1431Weld 1, Litulmore 1445Rent , Little Moor 1841TA , cf. pastur ' voc ' le More iuxta molendinum 1445Rent , Moor Mead 1841TA , v. lȳtel , mōr , cf. Mill infra .