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.

Lower Barn

Early-attested site in the Parish of Wallasea Island

Etymology

Lower Barn (in Canewdon parish). Cf. Bernumerch (sic)1288 Abbr, Bernemers (s )h (e ), Bernemerche 1348 Ipm, 1366 BM, 1374Ct , 1382, 1383 IpmR, 1419MinAcct , Bermersh 1412 FA. v. bern , mersc .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Major Settlement