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.

Laymoor Copse & Laymoor Lane

Other OS name in the Parish of Hampreston

Historical Forms

  • howe voc' Leymoore 1541 Glyn
  • Laymoor Coppice & Laymoor Md, Laymoor Lane Pce 1837 TA

Etymology

, howe voc ' Leymoore 1541Glyn , Laymoor Coppice & Laymoor Md , Laymoor Lane Pce 1837TA , v. mōr ' marshyground ' , first el . perhaps lay ' a pool ' .