Coalmoor
hamlet · Telford and Wrekin
Old EnglishSurmised
Probable2 sources · name elements
The name Coalmoor likely refers to a moor or common land where coal was found or worked. It combines the Old English word 'col' meaning coal with 'mor' meaning moor or waste land.
Word origins
- Coal
- Old EnglishAttestedcoal(from col "coal")
- moor
- Old Englishmoor, waste land(from mor "moor, waste land")