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.

Miregrim

Early-attested site in the Parish of Patrick Brompton

Historical Forms

  • Myregrim 13 Marrick114

Etymology

'Grim's marsh' from myrr and the ON  pers. name Grímr .This name is an example of Irish-Norwegian reversal of the order of elements (cf. Hillbraith and Sawcock 158, 216 supra and v. Revue Celtique , u.s.).

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site