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Survey of English Place-Names

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Bar Mere, Bar Mere Bridge & Bar Mere Ho

Other OS name in the Parish of Malpas

Historical Forms

  • Boremere 1397 Chol
  • le mere 1487 ib
  • Barmeer 1700 ib
  • Barmere 1819 Orm2

Etymology

, Boremere 1397Chol , le mere 1487ib , Barmeer 1700ib , Barmere 1819 Orm2 , ' wild-boar lake ' , v. bār 2 , mere 1 . The latter form is influenced by Welsh bar 1 ( PrWelsh  barr ) in Barhill , cf. prec.

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site