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.

Damery

Other OS name in the Parish of Stockport

Historical Forms

  • Damary or Dameryhey 1877 Earw
  • Dummarys 1849 TA

Etymology

, Damary or Dameryhey 1877 Earw, Dummarys 1849TA , apparently from the surname Damary ( ME  Daumary ) ; here lived the family Seel , cf. Seel 's Lane 1877 Earw I 455 , and ' a farm called Liels (? Seel 's ) farm '1684 ib I378 .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name