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Survey of English Place-Names

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Flaxmere

Other OS name in the Parish of Frodsham

Historical Forms

  • Flaxmere Moss 1780 EnclA 1831 Bry

Etymology

, 1842 OS , Flaxmere Moss 1780EnclA , 1831 Bry , perhaps ' pool ofshallow water, pool at a swamp ' , v. flask , mere 1 , mos , but Professor Löfvenberg points out that the first el . could be fleax ' flax ' , and the name could mean ' mere used for steeping flax ' , cf. flex wer MED 634 .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name