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Survey of English Place-Names

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Flow Moss

Other OS name in the Parish of Orton

Etymology

, 1859OS , dial . flow ' a rough benty marsh, a quaking bog ' , v. NED s.v. flow sb , from ON  flói ' marshy moor ' , from the ON  root flów - ( cf. Jóhannesson576 ) , related to OE  flōwan ' to flow ' , v. mos ' bog ' .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement