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 Mot

Other OS name in the Parish of Gumley

Etymology

, v. mote ; at present the name attached to a Gumley Hall park water - feature by Capability Brown , but may have been transferred from what appears to be an early mill mound one hundred yards to its north - west , v. Mount Cl infra .