Survey of English Place-Names

Historical Forms

• Lang more furze 1819 Yarb

• Langmeer Furze 1824 O

• Lang-mere Furze Cover & Lang-mere Furze Plant.n, Langmore Furze Cover 1833 Yarb

Etymology

, Lang more furze 1819Yarb , Langmeer Furze 1824 O,Lang-mere Furze Cover & Lang-mere Furze Plant .n, Langmore Furze Cover 1833Yarb , cf. langmergat 'lHy3 (l14) Gox , Long Meergate 1693Foster ( both in Goxhill , v. gata ' a road ' ) , Langmare 1670Cragg , Langmeer 1710Elm , Langmore 1733Yarb , Langmoor 1786ib , High langmore , low langmore 1819ib , Langmere 1781, 1801ib , 1804EnclA , c.1825Yarb , Longmere 1800ib ; the forms are varied , but this may well be ' the long mere or pool ' , v. lang , mere 1 , with the second el . influenced by mor 1 . In the Covert , today , there is a very narrow long strip of water , some 280 yards in length , which may well be the remains of the long pool suggested by the etymology .