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Survey of English Place-Names

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Priestmire

Other OS name in the Parish of Heversham

Historical Forms

  • Prest(e)mire(banke) 1246–9 Cockers
  • Pressemire 1374 Kendii,185

Etymology

( lost ) , Prest (e )mire (banke )1246–9 Cockers, Pressemire 1374 Kend ii, 185 , ' the priest's marsh ' , v. prēost , mýrr .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site