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.

Carmannesmere

Field in the Parish of Ormesby St Margaret with Scratby and Ormesby St Michael

Historical Forms

  • Carmannesmere 1423 Acc

Etymology

Carmannesmere 1423 ib(pers.n., v. Reaney s.n.Carman, and presumably(ge)mǣre'boundary, boundary road'; v. discussion ofMeer Nine Acres under(a) supra)