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.

Seamer

Major Settlement in the Parish of Seamer

Historical Forms

  • Semer, Semers (sic) 1086 DB
  • Semers in Clevelande c.1150 Godr
  • Samara, Samare 1133,1140–54,c.1180 Whitby 1218 FF

Etymology

With the same run of forms and interpretation as Seamer (Pick) 102supra . v. Addenda xlv.

Places in the same Parish

None