English Place-name Society

Survey of English Place-Names

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Mere Fm

Other OS name in the Parish of Audlem

Historical Forms

  • Mere Hall 1831 Bry

Etymology

, Mere Hall 1831 Bry , cf. perhaps Meyrhowse 1519 Orm2 iii374 . There is a pool here , but the place is on the county boundary with Sa , and the name is probably from (ge)mǣre ' a boundary ' rather than mere 1 ' a pool ' , v. hūs .