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Sticking Mires

Other OS name in the Parish of Taxal

Historical Forms

  • the Stickethmire, the Stickinmyer 1611 LRMB200
  • Sticking Mire 1831 Bry

Etymology

, the Stickethmire , the Stickinmyer 1611LRMB 200, Sticking Mire 1831 Bry , the modern form is rationalised to ' clinging mire ' from ModE  sticking , adj . ' adhering ' , and mýrr ' a mire, a bog, mud ' , but the earlier form is an adverbial nickname , ' stick in the mud ' .