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.

Sturmer

Major Settlement in the Parish of Sturmer

Historical Forms

  • Sturmere c.993 BattleofMaldon 18th DB 1086
  • Stur(e)mere 1166 RBE 1337 Londin
  • Stur(e)mere Magna 1372 Ass
  • Sturmer Meare 1565 Lancs
  • Stowrmere 1594 N
  • Stor(e)mere 1212 RBE 1268 FF 1306–30 Londin 1341 MinAcct
  • Staremere 1260 Bodl

Etymology

v. mere and Stour supra 12. “The Sture or Stoure ariseth at Stouremeere, which is a poole conteining twentie acres of ground at the least” (Harrison 105).

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site