English Place-name Society

Survey of English Place-Names

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Kidmore End

Parish in the County of Oxfordshire

Historical Forms

  • Kydmer end 1551–2 Survey
  • Kidmere End 1704 Bodl
  • Kidmore End, Kidmore end Lane 1713 Bodl

Etymology

Kidmore was formed into an ecclesiastical parish and named Kidmore in 1853. It was constituted a civil parish in 1894, and re-named Kidmore End in 1902 (Kelly 's Directory of Oxon , 139).