English Place-name Society

Survey of English Place-Names

A county-by-county guide to the linguistic origins of England’s place-names – a project of the English Place-Name Society, founded 1923.

Fulmer

Major Settlement in the Parish of Fulmer

Historical Forms

  • Fugelmere 1198 Fines
  • Fuegelmere 1202 Fines
  • Fughelemere 1237–40 Fees
  • Folemere 1242 Fees878
  • Fulmere 1247 Ass 1254 Ipm 1324 Fine 1338 Pat 1509 LP
  • Fulemere 1262 Ass
  • Folmere 1291 Tax
  • Fulmer 1294 Ch
  • Foulmere 1296 Ipm 1303 ADi 1333 Ipm 1338,1349 Pat 1375 BM
  • Fowelemere 13th ADv
  • Fowelmere 1302 FA
  • Foulemere 1316 FA 1344 Cl 1403 BM
  • Fullmer 1766 J

Etymology

'Bird-haunted mere' v. fugol , mere . The mere was in the 19th cent. a swamp, laid out for the cultivation of cress (VCH ).

Places in the same Parish

None