Warmark
Early-attested site in the Parish of Toddington
Historical Forms
- Warimarc, Waremerche 13th Dunst
Etymology
There is not much to go upon here. The suffix is clearly OE mearc and the farm lies near the boundary of the parish. The first part may be an unrecorded OE pers. name Wǣra , a short form of one of the numerous OE names in Wǣr -. Alternatively it might be an OE wearg (a )-mearc , 'outlaw(s)-mark,' referring perhaps to a place where such were to be found or where bodies might be thrown after execution. v. mearc .