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.
Survey of English place-names
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Mire Ho
Mire Ho
Other OS name in the Parish of Bassenthwaite
Historical Forms
Myrehouse
1736
CWxxiv
Etymology
is
Myrehouse
1736 CW xxiv . v.
mýrr
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Places in the same Parish
Other OS name
Barkbeth
Broadness
Burthwaite
Burthwaite Wood
Castle Hill
Dyke Nook
High Side
Moss Side
Park Cottage and Wood
The Rake
Scarness
Ullock Pike
Birkett Edge
Bowness
Bassenthwaite Halls
Bakestall
Whitewater Dash
Early-attested site
Armathwaite Hall
Major Settlement
Bassenthwaite