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.

Baldmire

Other OS name in the Parish of Whicham

Historical Forms

  • Baldmyre 1651 PR
  • Bouldmyre 1668 ib

Etymology

is Baldmyre 1651 PR, Bouldmyre 1668 ib . v. mýrr .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site

Major Settlement