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.

Light Moor

Other OS name in the Parish of East Dean

Historical Forms

  • Lightmore 1758 Comm

Etymology

, Lightmore 1758Comm , v. lēoht ' light ' , esp . in the sense ' having the vegetationthinned out ' , mōr .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement