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.

Haremere Hall

Early-attested site in the Parish of Etchingham

Historical Forms

  • Haremere 12th Battle 12th Pat 1432 SR 1332
  • Harmere c.1207 Pens 1279 Ass
  • Harmar 1610 Norden
  • Haremare 1634 SAC33

Etymology

Haremere Hall is Haremere 12th Battle 42, 12th (1432) Patet passim to 1332 SR (p), Harmere c. 1207 Pens (p), 1279Ass (p), Harmar 1610 Norden, Haremare 1634 SAC 33, no, 1724 B. Cf. on haranmere (BCS 1127) and to haranmere (KCD 705) in the bounds of Wiltshire and Warwickshire charters. There is low- lying land here by the Rother and the second element may be OE  mere, 'pool,' Sussex mare , but the meaning of the whole name is obscure. It is near the parish-boundary, v. har .

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