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North Moss Lane

Other OS name in the Parish of Stallingborough

Historical Forms

  • Normoss Lane 1828 Bry

Etymology

, Normoss Lane 1828 Bry , cf. (the ) North Moss 1690Terrier ,1700, 1706, 1724Terrier , (the ) North -Moss 1697, 1709Terrier , North Moss 1737 (1828) PT , 1822Terrier , 1822, 1828PT , 1842TA ,1844LindDep 29 , and le Mosse Hy3 (13–14) Selby , v. norð , mos ' moss ' , ' a bog, a swamp ' .