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.

Burn Moss

Other OS name in the Parish of Halifax

Historical Forms

  • Burnt-moss 1775 Watson

Etymology

, Burnt-moss 1775 Watson 49 , v. brende ' burnt ' , mos ' swamp ' .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name