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.

Tong Moor

Other OS name in the Parish of Birstall

Historical Forms

  • the moor of Tonge 1558 YASMd

Etymology

, the moor of Tonge 1558YAS Md 288 , cf. Moreside 1586WillY , the moor in Tong 1616 WYD , the moor in Tongue 1645 WillY , v. mōr , sīde .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement