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.

Mooring Head

Other OS name in the Parish of Arncliffe

Historical Forms

  • Moorings Head 1844 TA
  • ye Mooreing 17 Glebe
  • Moor Ing 1743 PRHub

Etymology

, Moorings Head 1844TA , ye Mooreing 17Glebe , Moor Ing 1743 PRHub , v. mōr , eng ' meadow ' .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site