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Survey of English Place-Names

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Foulmire Fen

Early-attested site in the Parish of Haddenham

Etymology

Foulmire Fen (6″). Cf. Fulmere (s )(lode )1251ElyCouch , 1277Ely , 1298Ct , ffoul (e )merelode 1405–51Ct , 15thEly , Folmere ib. Either 'foul, muddy mere' (v. fūl ) or identical with Fowlmere supra 83 and so 'wild-birds' mere,' v. fugol .