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.

Hornsea Mere

Early-attested site in the Parish of Hornsea

Historical Forms

  • mara(m) de Horneseia 1112–22 YCh1301
  • mara(m) de Hornesse 1302 ib
  • mara(m) de Hornese 1208 FF
  • lacum de Hornse 1197–1200 Melsa
  • marra(m) de Hornse 1210–20,1235–49 ib
  • Hornsye Marre 1595 Poulson

Etymology

Hornsea Mere is mara (m ) de Horneseia 1112–22 YCh 1301, mara (m ) de Hornesse 1302 ib., mara (m ) de Hornese 1208 FF, lacum de Hornse 1197–1200 Melsa, marra (m ) de Hornse 1210–20, 1235–49 ib., Hornsye Marre 1595 Poulson. v. Hornsea supra 63. Mere (Lat  mar (r )a ) is from mere or OScand  marr 'pool.'

Places in the same Parish