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.

Mosscar

Other OS name in the Parish of Ripon

Historical Forms

  • Moscar 1787 Yorke

Etymology

, Moscar 1787Yorke , ' mossy marsh ' , v. mos , kjarr .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site