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Survey of English Place-Names

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Cholmondeley Meres

Other OS name in the Parish of Malpas

Historical Forms

  • les Meres 1363 MinAcct
  • the Two Meers 1787 Chol
  • collectively Park Mere 1831 Bry

Etymology

, 1842 OS , les Meres 1363MinAcct , the Two Meers 1787Chol , collectively Park Mere 1831 Bry , severally Chomley Meare , Ockley Mere 1668 – 71 , cf. Hoppley Meare Meadow 1653Chol , Hopley Meare Meadow 1687ib , Hopley Meadow 1689ib , v. mere 1 , park . Ockley is ' oak wood ' , v. āc , lēah . Hopley is ' grass-hopper glade ' or ' glade at a hollow ' , from hoppa or hop 1 , with lēah , cf. Hopleys Croft 42infra .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site