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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Lowmire
Lowmire
Other OS name in the Parish of Oughterside and Allerby
Historical Forms
Lowmyre
1560
FF
Etymology
( 6 ″ ) is
Lowmyre
1560 FF . v.
mýrr
.
Places in the same Parish
Other OS name
Oughterside Hall
Oughterside Mill
Bankend Cottages
Bluedial
Collier Row
Early-attested site
Allerby
Ormesby
Major Settlement
Oughterside