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.

Galemire

Other OS name in the Parish of Hensingham

Historical Forms

  • Gaylemire 1616 CaineCl

Etymology

( 6 ″ ) is Gaylemire 1616CaineCl . Probably ' bog-myrtle mýrr , ' from OE  gagel .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement