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 .
Places in the same Parish
Other OS name
- Badbury Copse
- Zoar Fm & Zoar Lane
- All Saints' Church
- Brakethorne Copse
- Cockcrow Copse
- Dark Lane
- Fifehead Cmn
- (Lr) Fifehead Fm
- Fifehead Mill
- Green Close Lane
- Harely Fm
- Home Copse & Home Fm
- Kitford Copse
- Manor Ho
- Old Quarry
- Plumber Coppice
- Rectory
- Sedge Copse
- Smetherd Fm
- Badgers Lane
- Woodrow