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.

Moor Head

Other OS name in the Parish of Emley

Historical Forms

  • Elmley Moor Head 1771 M

Etymology

, Elmley Moor Head 1771 M , cf. ye Moresyde 1658 PREm , v. Emley Moorsupra .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site