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.

Merebank, Merebrow, Mere Ho

Other OS name in the Parish of Weaverham

Historical Forms

  • le Mere, la Mere 1334 VR
  • Meire in Weverham 1671 Sheaf
  • Mere Brow Farm 1831 Bry

Etymology

( 110–608748 ) , le Mere , la Mere 1334 VR,Meire in Weverham 1671 Sheaf, Mere Brow Farm 1831 Bry , cf. MereFd 194supra , ' the pool ' , v. mere 1 , brū , banke , hūs , cf. Lemerecloh 210infra .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site