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.

Moors

Other OS name in the Parish of Kirkby Lonsdale

Historical Forms

  • Moores 1631 Kendii,432
  • Moore 1671 Kendii,439

Etymology

, Moores 1631Kend ii, 432, probably a manorial name from the family of Thomasor John Moore 1671 Kend ii, 439 ( v. mōr ' moor ' ) .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site