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.

Gormire Lake

Early-attested site in the Parish of Felixkirk

Historical Forms

  • Gormyr' 1243 BylE

Etymology

'Dirt marsh' from OE  gor and myrr.