English Place-name Society

Survey of English Place-Names

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Moons Acre

Other OS name in the Parish of Bentham

Historical Forms

  • Mewn 1817 M

Etymology

, Mewn 1817 M , doubtless from the surname Moon and æcer .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement