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.

Barmoor (Fm)

Early-attested site in the Parish of Ibstone

Historical Forms

  • Bormerefeld 13thc. VCH
  • Bermers 1766 J
  • Bormers 1797 Desb
  • Balmers 1826 B

Etymology

The forms are not sufficiently consistent with one another to admit of any suggestion beyond the likelihood that the second element is mere.