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.

Woolley Moor

Other OS name in the Parish of Royston

Historical Forms

  • Wlvelai(e)mor Hy3 BM

Etymology

, Wlvelai (e )mor Hy 3 BM , c. 1257 Hut ii, 383 , mora sub monte de Wlflay Ed 1 ib 384 , Wollaymore 1393 YD i , Woolley Low Moor 1764Glebe , v. mōr and Moor Ho supra .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site