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Survey of English Place-Names

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Moss Side

Other OS name in the Parish of Heversham

Historical Forms

  • Mossid(e) 1535 Kendii,97 1669 PR 1632–1696

Etymology

, Mossid (e )1535 (1669) Kend ii, 97, 1632–1696PR (freq ) , v. mos ' bog ' , sīde .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site