Stockport Great Moor
suburban area
Old EnglishSurmised
Probable3 sources · historical forms · name elements
Stockport Great Moor combines the Old English 'stoc' (place, village) with 'port' (market town, harbour) and 'great moor'. It refers to a large moor associated with a market town.
Word origins
- stock
- Old EnglishAttestedplace, village, secondary settlement(from stoc "place, village, secondary settlement")
- port
- Old EnglishAttestedmarket town, harbour(from port "market town, harbour")
- great
- Old Englishlarge(from grēat "large")
- moor
- Old Englishmoor, marshland(from mor "moor, marshland")
Historical forms
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