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.

Lord's Mere

Early-attested site in the Parish of Rochdale

Historical Forms

  • Lords' Meer 1817 M

Etymology

Lord's Mere, 1822 Langd, Lords ' Meer 1817 M. 'The lord's boundary', v. (ge)mǣre and Friar Mere supra ; it was one of the quarters of Saddleworth.

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement