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Hobmoor Field

Other OS name in the Parish of Acomb

Historical Forms

  • Obmore 1500 YkCR
  • Hobmore 1550 ib
  • Yorke more 1500 ib

Etymology

, 1777EnclA , Obmore 1500 YkCR, Hobmore 1550 ib , ' goblin moor ' , v. hob , mōr , cf. also 'water mylne called Hobmylne on the south side of Yorke more ' 1563 YkCR ; Yorke more (1500 ib) was near or part of Hob Moor .