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.

The Moor

Other OS name in the Parish of Puddletown

Historical Forms

  • le Moure 1424 Weld1
  • pons desuper aquam in le Moore 1579 Wal

Etymology

, le Moure 1424Weld 1, pons desuper aquam in le Moore 1579Wal , cf. Broademoore 1624ib , v. mōr .