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Survey of English Place-Names

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Deadmoor Common, Dreadmoor Copse

Other OS name in the Parish of Fifehead Neville

Historical Forms

  • coppice called Deadmore 1736 Salkeld
  • Deadmoor Cmn & Deadmoor Md, Gt Deadmoor Wd, Lt Deadmoor Coppice 1842 TA

Etymology

, coppice called Deadmore 1736Salkeld , Deadmoor Cmn & Deadmoor Md , Gt Deadmoor Wd , Lt Deadmoor Coppice 1842TA , v. dēad ' dead ' , perhaps in the sense ' disused ' , mōr , cf. Gl 4118 for an analogous 12th cent , name ; the common is marked Fifehead Common on 1811 OS , cf. foll. ; the modern variant Dread - is no doubt due to popular etymology .