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Survey of English Place-Names

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Moor Garth

Other OS name in the Parish of Bentham

Historical Forms

  • Moregarth 1609,1623 PR

Etymology

, 1654 PRThn , Moregarth 1609,1623 PR , ' moorland enclosure ' , v. mōr , garðr .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement