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

Other OS name in the Parish of Halifax

Historical Forms

  • Soyland More, Soyland Moor(e) 1624 Greave 1709 WMB 1775 Soyl
  • Moore 1675 Soy
  • the Moore 1775 Watson

Etymology

, Soyland More , Soyland Moor (e )1624 Greave, 1709 WMB, 1775Soyl 23,Moore 1675 Soy, the Moore 1775 Watson 304 , v. mōr .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement