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Highmoor is a family name with historic links to the similar name of Highmore (although some favor the highmoor name as being more distinguished). The name arrived in England along with William the Conqueror in the Norman invasion. Traditionally, Highmoors have been known to inhabit the English side of the England-Scotland border regions. The Highmoor/Highmore family can be divided into seven groups of which five left or had subgroups leave England. The earliest known Highmoor is Robertus de Hehmor (d. 1275) who is memorialised at St. Bega's Church on Bassenthwaite Lake, not far from the site of Armathwaite Hall. [ - ]
