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.

Eymore Wood

Early-attested site in the Parish of Kidderminster

Historical Forms

  • Eymore 1294 Ipm 1352 CompR

Etymology

As noted by Duignan (PN Wo 60) the farm lies opposite an island in the Severn and the name doubtless means 'marshland by the island,' v. eg , mor .