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 Brandesburton

Historical Forms

  • mora(m) c.1200 YD
  • La More 1348 Ipm

Etymology

( 6 ″ ) is mora (m )c. 1200 YD, La More 1348 Ipm . v. mor .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement