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.

Maze

Other OS name in the Parish of Arncliffe

Etymology

, 1844TA , doubtless ME  mase ' maze ' , probably here referring to the difficulty of finding a safe path through the marshy ground of the moor .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site