Northmore Family History
Northmore Name Meaning
from Northmoor in Pyworthy (Devon) which is recorded as Northmore in 1529–32 Northmoor in Moretonhampstead (Devon) which is recorded as Northemore in 1568 or from another unidentified location in Devon. The place-names derive from Middle English north ‘north northern’ + mor ‘moor wasteland’ (Old English norð mōr).
Source: The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland, 2016