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.

Lyme Hall & Lyme Park

Early-attested site in the Parish of Prestbury

Historical Forms

  • Lyme 1312 Ipm
  • Lyme in foresta de Macclesfeld 1337 Eyre
  • boscus de Lyme 1347 ib
  • foresta de Lyme 1357 ChFor 1359 BPR
  • manerium et parcum de Lyme 1466 Earw
  • Lyme in Hanley c.1527 ib
  • mansion house in Lyme 1611 LRMB200
  • Lyme Hall & Lyme Park 1831 Bry
  • (boscus de) Lym 1354 BPR 1363
  • Lime (Hall) 1690 Sheaf 1693 Dow 1724 NotCestr

Etymology

This is the regional name The Lyme 2supra with hall 'a hall', and park 'a park'.

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Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site