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Survey of English Place-Names

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More Hall

Other OS name in the Parish of Ecclesfield

Historical Forms

  • Moorehall 1691 Hall
  • Moor Hall 1771 M

Etymology

, 1822 Langd , Moorehall 1691 Hall, Moor Hall 1771 M , named from the family of ( La ) More , settled here from the fourteenth century ( cf. 1350 Hall119, Hlm 478–9 ) , v. hall .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name