Survey of English Place-Names

Historical Forms

• Mara 1086 DB

• la Mara c.1176 Orm2 17

• del Mare 1294 Earw

• la Mar c.1262 Dav

• Mera 1086 DB

• Mere c.1230 CoLegh

• Mere iuxta Assheleye 1301 ChancW

• Mere iuxta Rothesthorn 1372 Cuer

• Mere alias Mera 1581 ChRR

• le Mere, del Mere c.1290 JRL 1293 Plea

• la Mere 1407 ChRR

• Mer c.1300 JRL

• le Mer 1411 AD

• de Lacu c.1230 Fitt

• Meyr 1331 Earw

• Meyre 1545 Plea

• Meir 1534 ib

• Meire 1584 ChRR

• the Meire Town 1661 Dep

• Meyer 1694 Mere

• le Meer(e), del Meer(e), Meer(e) 1336(p),1503 Plea 1365 Pat 1415 Tab

• The Meer 1509 Sheaf

• Meere iuxta Rowthorn alias Rosethorn 1543 Cuer

• Mear 1739 LRMB264

Etymology

'(At) the lake', v. mere 1 , named from The Mere infra .