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.

Laymore

Other OS name in the Parish of Thorncombe

Historical Forms

  • Laymoor 1811 OS 1841 TA

Etymology

, Laymoor 1811 OS, 1841TA , perhaps analogous with Laymoor 2227 , from lay ' a pool ' .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement