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.
Survey of English place-names
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Birdforth Wapentake
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Sutton under Whitestone Cliffe
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Gormire Lake
Gormire Lake
Early-attested site in the Parish of Felixkirk
Historical Forms
Gormyr'
1243
BylE
Etymology
'Dirt marsh' from OE
gor
and
myrr
.
Places in the same Parish
Early-attested site
Hesketh Grange
Ravensthorpe Manor
Whitestone Cliffe
Haggit Hill
Marderby Grange
Kelmer Grange
Major Settlement
Boltby
Felixkirk
Sutton under Whitestone Cliffe
Thirlby
