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.

Eddlemere Lane

Early-attested site in the Parish of Hutton Cranswick

Historical Forms

  • Edermar, Ʒehelmar, Yehelmar, Yelemar 13th Meaux

Etymology

Eddlemere Lane (6″) is Edermar , Ʒehelmar , Yehelmar , Yelemar 13thMeaux . v. mere and Marton supra 49. The first element is obscure but the relation of the forms with and without initial y is that discussed under Yearsley, PN NRY xxxii, 193.

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement