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Survey of English Place-Names

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Moore's Fm

Other OS name in the Parish of Fontmell Magna

Etymology

, cf. messuag ' voc ' Mores c. 1560 , terr ' voc ' Moores 1576 both Glyn , probably a surname , but cf. prat ' in la Moure 1450ib , v. mōr ' marshy ground ' .