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Moorcroft, Moor Ho(lost)

Other OS name in the Parish of Wakefield

Historical Forms

  • Morcroft 1275,1286,1298 WCR

Etymology

( lost ) , 1709 WMB , Morcroft 1275,1286, 1298 WCR , ( le ) Morecroft , 1313 ib , 1380 AD iv , 1607Surv , named from the old name of Westgate Common infra .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site