English Place-name Society

Survey of English Place-Names

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Moize Plantation

Other OS name in the Parish of Finningley

Historical Forms

  • the Mose 1544 Wills
  • le Mese 1545 NtIpm

Etymology

( 6 ″ ) is the Mose 1544 Wills, le Mese 1545 NtIpm . This is from the OE  meos , mos , ' bog, moss . '