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.

The Moss

Other OS name in the Parish of Hampsthwaite

Historical Forms

  • ye Moss 1767 PRHmp
  • Bog Ho 1858 O.S.

Etymology

, ye Moss 1767 PRHmp, later Bog Ho 1858 O.S. , v. mos ' a bog,swamp ' .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site