A History of Flixton, Urmston, and Davyhulme (1898) claims that the name Carrington might be derived from the Goidelic Celtic root Cathair, a fortress, but a more recent theory is that it derives from an Anglicised form of a Scandinavian personal name.
 A Carrington Hall, seat of the Carrington family (descended from William de Caryngton) once existed to the north of Carrington Moss, at the junction formed by the modern-day A6144 and B5158 roads.
 The word moss, first used during the 15th century, forms part of the local name for a lowland peat bog, "mosslands".
 Today the term is also used to describe former bogs that have been converted to farmland.
A History of Flixton, Urmston, and Davyhulme (1898) claims that the name Carrington might be derived from the Goidelic Celtic root Cathair, a fortress, but a more recent theory is that it derives from an Anglicised form of a Scandinavian personal name.  A Carrington Hall, seat of the Carrington family (descended from William de Caryngton) once existed to the north of Carrington Moss, at the junction formed by the modern-day A6144 and B5158 roads.  The word moss, first used during the 15th century, forms part of the local name for a lowland peat bog, "mosslands".  Today the term is also used to describe former bogs that have been converted to farmland.
Carrington Moss