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.

Brown Moor

Other OS name in the Parish of Whixley

Historical Forms

  • Brown Moore 1651 YASMd
  • Broom Moor als. Brown Moor 1801 EnclA

Etymology

, Brown Moore 1651YAS Md 54, Broom Moor als. Brown Moor 1801EnclA , v. brūn , mōr .