Hycemoor
Early-attested site in the Parish of Bootle
Historical Forms
- Hysemore in Seton 1391 ADiv
- Hytemor
- Haysmore 1551–3 ECP 1568 FF
- Hysemore 1537 AOMB 1542 CWx
- Hisemore 1571 FF
- Hismore 1572 1613 CWii
Etymology
The forms are too late and vary too much for any certain interpretation, but the name may possibly contain the obscure OE word hysse , which apparently denoted some kind of water-plant. It seems to occur in Hurstbourne (Ha) and Husborne (Beds). Cf. PN BedsHu 118–19 and DEPN. For the second element. v. mōr .
Places in the same Parish
Other OS name
- Bootle Fell
- Soura Well
- Mill Bridge
- Stub Place
- Selker Bay
- Beckside
- Broadwater
- Charity Chair
- Cross Ho
- Fell Side
- Flatts
- Ford Ho
- High Mill
- The Hill
- Kiskin
- The Nook
- Sikebeck
- The Tarn
- Wellbank
- Wylie Gapp