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Survey of English Place-Names

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Carter Moor

Other OS name in the Parish of Egglescliffe

Historical Forms

  • Carter's Moors 1751 EP/Eg
  • Carter Moor 1742×3 Hud 1844 EP/Eg
  • Carter-moor farm 1822 ib

Etymology

, Carter 's Moors 1751EP /Eg 167 (described as a farmheld by one Tunstal and as “extreme poor land” until enclosed andimproved), Carter Moor 1742×3 Hud, 1844EP /Eg , Carter-moor farm 1822ib ; from the surn . Carter ) .