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.
Survey of English place-names
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the Honour of Richmondshire
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Romaldkirk
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Cotherstone
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Mere Beck
Mere Beck
Early-attested site in the Parish of Romaldkirk
Historical Forms
Merbec
c.1250
YD
Etymology
'Boundary stream'
v.
(
ge
)
mære
,
bekkr
.
Places in the same Parish
Early-attested site
Baldersdale
Blackton
Briscoe
Loups
Naby
West Park
Crossthwaite
Lonton
Bowbank
Skyer Beck
Thringarth
Wemmergill
Major Settlement
Hunderthwaite
Cotherstone
Holwick
Lartington
Lune Dale
Mickleton
Romaldkirk
