Sturmer
Major Settlement in the Parish of Sturmer
Historical Forms
- Sturmere c.993 BattleofMaldon 18th DB 1086
- Stur(e)mere 1166 RBE 1337 Londin
- Stur(e)mere Magna 1372 Ass
- Sturmer Meare 1565 Lancs
- Stowrmere 1594 N
- Stor(e)mere 1212 RBE 1268 FF 1306–30 Londin 1341 MinAcct
- Staremere 1260 Bodl
Etymology
v. mere and Stour supra 12. “The Sture or Stoure ariseth at Stouremeere, which is a poole conteining twentie acres of ground at the least” (Harrison 105).