Marr
Major Settlement in the Parish of Marr
Historical Forms
- Marra, Marle 1086 DB
- Marra(m) c.1100–15 YCh 1158–67 ib
- Mara(m) 1136–40 YCh 1154–61 1161 1250 FF
- Mar 1196 P 1199 Ch 1232 Cur 1200 Brett 13 YI 1248 1251 Roche 1329 Testvi 1525
- Mare 1268 FF 1285 KI 1428 FA
- Marre 1316 Vill 1458 YDvi 1529 YDxii,295 1531 FF 1558 WillY
- Marr 1499 Ipm 1733 PRHtnP
- Merre 1379 PT
- Meare 1597 SessnR
Etymology
ON marr 'fen, marsh'; Marr is on a hillside and the allusion must be to some patch of ground that was once marshy.