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.

Moss

Other OS name in the Parish of Long Preston

Historical Forms

  • Moss(e) 1681,1763 PRGis
  • Moss pitts 1716 Raist

Etymology

, Moss (e )1681, 1763 PRGis, Moss pitts 1716Raist , v. mos ' bog ' .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site