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Survey of English Place-Names

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Moss Edge

Other OS name in the Parish of Kirkburton

Historical Forms

  • Mos(s)ege 1545,1549 WillY
  • (le) Mossedge 1600 WCR7d 1709 WMB

Etymology

, 1771 M , Mos (s )ege 1545,1549 WillY, (le ) Mossedge 1600WCR 7d, 1709 WMB , v. mos ' amoss, a bog, swamp ' , ecg ' escarpment ' .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site