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Lingmares Grange

Other OS name in the Parish of Waltham

Historical Forms

  • Grange F.m or Lingmares Grange 1828 Bry
  • Lyngmeares 1601 Terrier
  • Lingmeares 1606 Terrier
  • Ling meares 1625,1638 Terrier
  • Ling meres 1715 Terrier

Etymology

( lost , TA 031 272 ) , Grange F .m or Lingmares Grange 1828 Bry, Lyngmeares 1601Terrier , Lingmeares 1606Terrier , Ling meares 1625, 1638Terrier , Ling meres 1715Terrier , ' the boundary , land on or forming a boundary where heather grows ' , v. lyng , (ge)mǣre .