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.

Ackworth Moor Top

Other OS name in the Parish of Ackworth

Historical Forms

  • Ackworth Moore 1658 WillS

Etymology

, 1771 M , 1841 O.S. , named from Ackworth Moore 1658WillS , cf. also Morhull 1341Surv , Moorhillfield 1712WYEnr 68 , Moorside 1368MinAcct 26 , Moreside 1384 ib 507 , v. mōr , hyll , sīde , topp .