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.

The Mere

Other OS name in the Parish of West Kirby

Historical Forms

  • Frankby Mire 1842 OS

Etymology

, Frankby Mire 1842 OS , v. mere 1 , cf. mýrr ' a bog, a mire ' .