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.

Wymark's Fm

Early-attested site in the Parish of Purleigh

Historical Forms

  • Wymarke(s)land t.Hy8 AOMB

Etymology

Wymark's Fm is Wymarke (s )land t. Hy 8AOMB . Wimarc , wife of Henry the Baker, is mentioned in a fine of 1235 relating to Purleigh. Cf. Weymarks supra 211.