Keymer
Major Settlement in the Parish of Keymer
Historical Forms
- Chemere, Chimele 1086 DB
- Kiemera, Chiemere t.Wm2 Lewes c.1090 SAC54,6
- Kiemela 1107–18 AC
- Kimera, Kymera, Kymer(e) c.1090,Wm2 Lewes 1672 MarL
- Chimela 1121 AC
- Kymeresstrete 1279 Ass
- Kymare 1545 ADvi
- Keymer al. Kidmer 1598 SRS14,51
- Keymor 1673 MarL
- Keymer al. Kymer 1677 FF
Etymology
Keymer lies low in well-watered land and there may have been a mere here at one time. The name would seem to be 'cow's-mere,' from OE cȳ , gen. sg. of cu , and mere .