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Survey of English Place-Names

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Blackmire Fm

Other OS name in the Parish of Findern

Etymology

( local ) , cf. le Blakmeyre 1420 DbCh , Blackmore Meadow 1604 DbAnsxxiii , Black more 1691Deed , apparently ' black pool ' , v. blæc , mere 1 , with the common interchange of mere 1 and mōr 1 .